Kayak in NT or North Qld

[prawn-star]

I just wondering if I paddling in NT or North Qld river, will I attacked by croc? I don't know much about croc, but I'm 100% sure that I will die if bitten by a big croc.

[JRJR]

That's a fairly broad question. Do you mean just creeks and rivers or out in the ocean and how far North is North.
I would be game to try it in the creeks and river in the Far north of the NT.

[STUIE63]

I don't think I would I have seen too many big crocs up here maybe in the fresh though
Stuie

[ozbee]

most people don't know how to find crocs try going on dark with a spotlight those little orange eyes you see guess what hmmm also those yapping noises like chowwa dogs guess also. the main problems with canoeing in croc country is when you come round a bend and all the small previous crocs 6 feet or so disappear this is where the danger lies as a large territorial male lives and if he is in a bad mood your croc shit in a canoe .ive even had them have a go in my 12 ft tinny in Weipa.

[ronnien]

while i have never herd of a croc attacking a kayak the real danger is there!
if you are paddling up a creek & there is a big croc be carefull he just might attack your yak thinking that you are another croc in his part of the creek, they get abit pissed about that!.

ron.

[batten]

a mate of ours used to paddle up in north qld, he did it for ages, used to smakc the crocs on the nose if they came to close for comfort, 1 day he hit a croc with a scar on its nose, it crabbed the paddle, capsized the canoe he and his wife fell out, unfortunatelly for him only his wife made it back to shore, he was never seen again.

[JRJR]

a mate of ours used to paddle up in north qld, he did it for ages, used to smakc the crocs on the nose if they came to close for comfort, 1 day he hit a croc with a scar on its nose, it crabbed the paddle, capsized the canoe he and his wife fell out, unfortunatelly for him only his wife made it back to shore, he was never seen again.

Have you got the link for the news article for that one?

[oldboot]

There are a very few places that you might get away with a conoe or kayak..... blacks or alpins weir at townsville are problay OK.

but if it is salt and north of rocky you could almost guarantee crocks live there.
As I posted in a thread just like this a week or so ago..

There are crocks hundreds of kilometers inland right up in the fresh.

My big brother travels extensivly all over NQ and a bit into NT... (he fixes windmills).

He recons there are crocks right up in the burdikin even above the dam.

Now big brother realy likes to tell a story........ yeh.... but he carries a camera everywhere and has quite a few crock pictures and he remembers where and when.

To put it bluntly......I wouldn't.

cheers

[borisdog]

There have been at least 2 attacks on canoes that I can recall ( Canoe/Kayak - take your pick)

1 in Lakefield N.P ( died ), and 1 in Kakadu ( Survived )

Oddly enough the lady attacked in Kakadu was killed by a snake several years later.

Small, low to the water craft and crocodiles do NOT mix.

Darryl

[nickstock]

You would be mad to do it in any creek, river, lagoon that is open to salt water ( even if this is only in flood).

Nick

[JRJR]

A lot of claims here but no links to actual stories. I'm sure that no more than 1 link can be found for one incident.

I used my Kayak in the Ocean around Hinchinbrook and I'm still here to tell the story plus a lot of people go ocean Kayaking all the time.

However, going up quiet creeks and rivers is another story, especially in breeding season.

[disorderly]

Try this link.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...icle556411.ece

Unfortunately this obviously was just a mean croc.......as opposed to the "non-aggressive" one currently lurking around Magnetic Island .

[ronnien]

just to the side of westpoint is a creek & in this little creek lays the trap baited with a big pig.... but no croc in it yet. have been plenty of times catching bait in this creek, off the bank. so if anyone is going over there for bait keep your eyes opened.

ron.

[ronnien]

the croc over on maggie roams free no more, he has been caught. so they say on the radio.

ron.

[Luc]

Maybe after some more 'non agressive' training by the EPA he can be released again

He might even be so well trained that he'll pose for pictures

Luc