Australia has alligators

[Dr Ray]

Not only does
Australia have crocodiles but now alligators

 

[Dr Ray]

The lead horse is called
Alligator Blood
See I was not joking
We’re Australians -we are different
Ha

 

[Ridgewalker]

You Aussies have a strange humor, or maybe just you Ray! Ha ha!

 

[Dr Ray]

All oz folk have a “strange” sense of humor

but I excel

 

[Rule 303]

You Aussies have a strange humor, or maybe just you Ray! Ha ha!

Oh No, No my friend, our humour is stock standard normal, it is the rest of the world that has a strange sense of humour.

 

[Certus]

In the old days crocodiles in Australia were referred to as Alligators. Just sayin’

 

[Certus]

Here, Gold Coast, 1905.

“Logan Village was in a state of excitement this morning when it became known that the alligator scare was not of a trifling nature, as the saurian had really been caught,” the Brisbane Courier quoted a local resident.

Edit: I find it odd that nowadays they say “crocodiles don’t naturally occur below the Mary River” but there’s historical evidence of them being found as far south as northern NSW. Let em roam and do their thing IMO.

 

[sambarhunter]

Major rivers up north are the South Alligator R. West Alligator and East Alligator River.

Btw a 14' saltie was taken in the Brisbane river 100 years ago.

 

[Certus]

Major rivers up north are the South Alligator R. West Alligator and East Alligator River.

Btw a 14' saltie was taken in the Brisbane river 100 years ago.

The one I posted above was 3.83m, Logan river in 1905

 

[CBH Australia]

The one I posted above was 3.83m, Logan river in 1905

But yours was an Alligator by the papers, you can’t trust the press.

 

[Certus]

But yours was an Alligator by the papers, you can’t trust the press.

That was as an example how crocs used to be called alligators here

 

[Dr Ray]

But yours was an Alligator by the papers, you can’t trust the press.

Exactly

 

[Rule 303]

Here, Gold Coast, 1905.

“Logan Village was in a state of excitement this morning when it became known that the alligator scare was not of a trifling nature, as the saurian had really been caught,” the Brisbane Courier quoted a local resident.

Edit: I find it odd that nowadays they say “crocodiles don’t naturally occur below the Mary River” but there’s historical evidence of them being found as far south as northern NSW. Let em roam and do their thing IMO.

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Shot with a shotgun from the local pubs verandah according to a news paper cutting from the day. Said to be 15'. If memory serves the photo of the newspaper cutting was in the Yatla Pie Shop.

 

[Certus]

Well there ya go. Thanks, Rule 303

 

[Dr Ray]

I lived at Logan village years ago
Used to buzz the Logan River
Build a house at the top of Edens Landing overlooking the river

 

[Dr Ray]

And parents lived not far from Yatala pie shop at the retirement village
After my father passed away from leukaemia my mother went to the Bolton Clarke nursing home at Waterford until her death in august last year

 

[GeoffB]

Matt Wright the crocodile hunter in the Norther Territory with his latest catch.
He relocates problem croc’s. Matt said the crocodile, affectionately dubbed Rex by his fans, was 5.1metres (16.7 feet) long despite missing a huge chunk of its tail.
“Just another day in Australia...catching the local dinosaur who’s been eating the cattle and moving him on to somewhere else.”

 

[Ridgewalker]

Matt Wright the crocodile hunter in the Norther Territory with his latest catch.
He relocates problem croc’s. Matt said the crocodile, affectionately dubbed Rex by his fans, was 5.1metres (16.7 feet) long despite missing a huge chunk of its tail.
“Just another day in Australia...catching the local dinosaur who’s been eating the cattle and moving him on to somewhere else.”

How on earth do you move one that size around? It must weigh a couple of tons!

 

[Zambezi]

From wikipedia...

Among Normanton's most notable features is a statue of an 8.64-metre (28.3 ft) long saltwater crocodile named Krys, the largest ever taken, which was shot by Krystina Pawlowska in July 1957 in the Norman River. "The Big Barramundi", which is 6 metres (20 ft) long, is also located in the town.

I've stood next to this statue on my way to a fishing holiday in Karumba... it's one big croc!

 

[Dr Ray]

How on earth do you move one that size around? It must weigh a couple of tons!

Easy
Sky hooks