DAINTREE RIVER

In the early afternoon, our guide took up to the Daintree River for a cruise on the river to see if we could find any crocodiles. We found several actually. The first one that we saw was sunning itself on the bank of the river and was hidden fairly well.

This is the sign as you approach the boat to go on the cruise. You know, it doesn't inspire a lot of confidence, to see this sign as you are entering a boat that at some point could turn over, spring a leak, God knows what and then you have this vision of the crocodiles slithering into the water to get you.



One of the crocs in the two phots below was so huge it was unbelievable. It actually looked like some from the Jungle River Cruise at Disneyland. However, trust me it was real.



We went by a smaller one that was laying their sunning itself docilely until we went by and then it showed its teeth.

In the last two photos on this page, check out the length of the croc - the little twisty thing in the water is its tail. Sam and I were trying to estimate how long it was and came to the conclusion it had to be somewhere between 15 to 20 feet long.



There is a certain amount of relief when you return to shore.