Just Call me Lisa Irwin!
Trip Start
Apr 19, 2008
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Trip End
Nov 31, 2008
Adelaide River,
Australia
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Open-mouthed...
Is he grinning?!
I was staring into the open jaws of a live, hungry crocodile... and it wasn't in a cage... had I lost my sanity? Was I pretending to be Steve Irwin? Was my adventure about to end as I became a crocodile feast? 
Jumping for food
What a mouth!
No, I had simply over-ridden my instinct and decided that, tacky or not, I couldn't resist joining the 'croc-jumping' boat trip, on which pieces of meat are dangled from sticks over the side of the boat as bait. The ever-greedy reptiles, already accomplished jumpers, trail the boat, check out the passengers with their evil eyes, figure the bait is an easier (if smaller) goal, and as they lift their heads, the meat is raised, so they jump out of the water for it. Voila! Incredible close up viewing of a croc in action, jaws wide open. Bit of a circus trick, without doubt, but what a sight! 
gliding towards us
