Department of Environment and Science (DES) wildlife officers have captured a 4.5-metre crocodile from Newell Beach, north of Port Douglas. DES declared.
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Authorities have removed a problem crocodile from Newell Beach, just north of Port Douglas, a town in the Australian state of Queensland.
The male crocodile, measuring around 14.7 feet (4.5 meters) long, was estimated to be over 50 years old, according Matt Brien from Queensland s Department of Environment and Science (DES). It s a living dinosaur, really, Brien told Australia s ABC News. Its size meant that it posed quite a serious risk to public safety they are a serious predator of many things and humans fit into that category. Their size and the whole way that they are, they are dinosaurs and they re not to be treated lightly, he added.
Photo: Phil Warring/TEQ Right there, Juan says, pointing the tip of his spear. Through the murky water I can spot the flash of iridescence and the skittering claws of a mud crab. Juan stands still, points his spear, hovers it just above the water, and then jabs.
You might recognise Juan. Sharp-eyed foodies will have seen him on the only episode of the Netflix food show
Chef s Table: BBQ to feature an Australian cook – in this case, Firedoor s Lennox Hastie. During the episode, Hastie journeys up to far-northern Queensland to discover the source of his seafood-heavy cuisine, going out to spear a mud crab and then cook it over hot coals on a deserted beach with an Indigenous guide.
Home to the second-largest Aboriginal population in Australia, Queensland today offers an impressive array of indigenous tourism experiences that celebrate the heritage of the stateâs original inhabitants.
En route to Jarramali Camp and the Magnificent Gallery rock-art site. (Photo courtesy of Tourism Tropical North Queensland)
15.4958° S, 144.1648° E. Tap these coordinates into your GPS and youâll eventually arrive in the tiny riverside settlement of Laura, some 200 kilometers northwest of Cairns on Queenslandâs Cape York Peninsula. Just one road leads north from here, and it takes you as far as you can travel on land toward the tip of Australia.