Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
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Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
http://m.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-te ... 7358111849
This is getting rediclous! Off the beach middle of the Day.
This is getting rediclous! Off the beach middle of the Day.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
There has been a couple of crocs lurking in that area for a while. I think the dogs that get walked on the beach attract them. It was really only a matter of time as plenty of people swim there. Lucky it wasn't a small kid.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
Lucky boy ,, seen a few along lee point as well , much smaller .
I've stopped letting the dog go in the water.
I've stopped letting the dog go in the water.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
Mmmm ... do the SLSC still lets the nippers run around in the water out there?
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
I would have thought that was a fairly low risk activity.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
There is always a chance in Darwin. I have seen crocs sitting on the sand bar in front of cullen bay, At mindel beach, cas beach. They all follow the coastt to get into the harbor so the chance of an encounter is always there.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
Biggest one I saw in the harbour was a few metres off Cullen sandbar, a stonker - and that was years ago before numbers got up.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
We saw a little (1.5m) croc crusing along as we sat at the Sailing Club one afternoon. I went and informed the bloke supervising all the kids sailing. He shrugged me off, while all the kids were in the water bringing in the boats. Wonder if the parents know the level of care factor shown by the people looking after their kids.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
That's probably what the kite surfer thought too.dannett wrote:I would have thought that was a fairly low risk activity.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
Good incentive for kite surfers to stay airborne ...
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
There was a real big croc in west arm the other day with a whole turtle in it's mouth. He was pretty she and bugged out when we got close enough to get any video on the phone unfortunately. Croc would have gone 4 + though.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
pitty they can't catch jet skiers
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
It is the territory after all, people just get to relaxed around the water these days, iv seen plenty of crocs around darwin surroundings and some of them aint that small. The risk will always be there.
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
There was a few people on stand up paddle boards at Rapid Creek the other week, me and misses just laughed......
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Re: Croc attacks kite surfer off cas beach at 11 am.
I hope that the kayak brigade around here stay safe and don't one day suffer a similar fate
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