The Queensland Beach we didn't swim at
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2020
- Find out why this was the Queensland beach we didn't swim at.
In this video Di and I were on a location shoot in the Daintree national park which is located in north Queensland, Australia.
We had made our way up to Cape Tribulation and were scouting locations to shoot with our guide.
Because of the climate the waterways and beaches here provide the perfect environment and home for the Saltie (Salt water crocodile)
Here's some behind the scenes footage from that shoot.
These crocs do a good job keeping the beaches free of cans. bottles and other litter.
Every beach need 4 or 5 good for enviroment
Paul burns that os so funny 😁, and true
And they do it free from being paid!! Another good selling point!!😄💙
😆😆😆 Love it
Hey what a decent idea great guard dogs
The captions say not to go in this area without a guide. This seems like the place where the guide gets eaten and you realize you're in your own low budget horror film.
Right there. I was just thinking I don't have to out run the crocs, just the local guide.
I still get ptsd when I remember my stupidity on visiting a beach in Port Douglas. I went underneath the jetty to a secluded spot behind some rocks ( looking back now I know the area to the back of me was an estuary, which I hadn't notice, or just ignored)
I decided to lay behind the rock and sunbath on my tummy with my feet to the water for about an hour. I was completely seduced by the heat and scenery and decided to go for a swim. I lay on my back and then swam about 3ft out splashing and covering myself with sea water like I was in a bloody private pool.
Instantly it started raining and clouds appeared which I knew was a normal occurance in that part of Australia. I had an eerie feeling though and decided to get out.
As I walked back along the beach I noticed all the signs that I honestly hadn't noticed before, even though they were everywhere. I was blinded by the beauty of that place and know how lucky I had been. In the local bar later that day, a chap told me about a young Swedish girl that had done the same as me and went for a swim near the jetty and a Croc took her. Still gives me shivers today at how stupid, yet lucky I was.
The exact same happens here in Africa - 'seduced by heat and scenery'
Close call! It wasn't your hour!
But u didn’t see any crocs? :U
@@junieeee 4
@@999Evandro your comment is so funny but damn it, i live in europe and i reading all these stories...creeps me out
It looks like heaven on earth until you meet the neighbours.
It is a beautiful place and it is a privilege to see wildlife we don’t see down south.
Sounds like the Garden Of Eden......
Yes, it's heaven on earth for the croc.
Ain't that the truth!
Yeah, and they win any and every dispute. Yikes
Even without those signs I would still refrain from entering those bodies of water. I live in Florida, USA and I steer clear of swimming in the lakes and rivers here because of alligators. I love crocs and gators. They are beautiful and fascinating. At the same time I have a healthy fear of them, so I respect their territories. You're right, these animals are always blamed for human error.
Wow how often do you encounter with crocs in there? Florida is so famous for crocs population
@@Nagafff I live in Central Florida, so we don't have crocodiles in this region. We do get to see plenty of alligators when we visit various nature parks and preserves! The American crocodile is located in the Everglades in South Florida. At some point I would like to visit the Everglades to see the crocs. 🙂
@@leawinter1992 Owh got it.. Just like you, I also have a healthy fear with crocs, because I know what they are capable of.. There is a reason why they still exist till now.. I live in Indonesia, and in some part of Indonesian people coexist with crocs... th-cam.com/video/LASe9qpa-uo/w-d-xo.html the footage show indonesian people feed and talk to croc in the river :)
@@Nagafff I just watched the video and wow! That was amazing seeing the croc right there next to the boat. That guy is very brave.
@@leawinter1992 yes :)
Been there. Done that. Those salties are practically invisible. When you discover one right next to you, it's amazing how quick you move.
Lol
@@anniquegreyling3788 ya know what, if there was one sign I would NOT ignore, it would be the one warning about crocs.lol
@@julie-annhall2078 any predator lol
Id run on water
I ran up a big paper-bark tree without touching it with my hands.
Admittedly the croc behind me was only about 10 feet long but at the time he looked be 10 feet between the eyes!
As a Local Never swim in a river mouth like this, in Fact just don't swim in any of the Beaches if you value your Life🐊
Taking a walk in knee deep water might be your last SUNSET walk with a friend on a beach. If the CROCKS don't get you the SHARKS will, and you won't even know they're there.
@@rodneycaupp5962 - Hell no!! Later for that noise. 😕
Australia scares me.
I think growing up in Queensland u respect waters & think twice before swimming in most places..
Its their territory so yes
If I got shipwrecked and washed up on this beach, I'd just go back to my nice shipwreck
You probably won't make it back :)
couldn't you just run for your life
@@kybravo3744 crocodiles can gallop
Crocodiles are super fast in water so you wouldn’t make it but at least you didn’t get shipwrecked
Lol. Me too.
*See's huge croc enter water* Australian: "you don't want to go in that water aye" Normal Person: "no" Australian: "It's too cold" 😂
😂
That made me laugh so hard! That’s a true Aussie larrikin response!
GOLD ! THATS GOLD !
And when you go to Queensland beaches make sure you go barefoot like this young lady. Enhances the sense of adventure.
Women usually are barefoot nothing new there.
Watch out for stonefish though.
@@leonardhughes4521 and pregnant.
Women usually are its part of their sexuality.
As someone who lives here up north, I can tell you one thing: you never hang by the river mouth. That’s where the crocs are. They’re very rarely on the actual beach itself, but of course they’re by the river banks/mouth. We all know to stay away from those areas. I wasn’t surprised to see this
Aussies must be smart. Let the crocs do the job of coastguard. Cost effective.
😁 I actually did swim at a beach like this, but on the sea side. A big tree fell over the sign and I never saw it. People nearby were shouting at me to get out 😱
Such a John Smith thing to do.
You’re very lucky you didn’t get stung by a box jellyfish this time of year.
Was that you?
@@whitsundaydreamingaustralia pfffff those little rascals won't hurt you.
If they had known your name they wouldn’t have cared as much since there are like 150,000 spare John Smiths in the world
How rich of an environment it must be to support large predators like this!
Beautiful beast.
People don't ignore the signs.
They hang their towels on them.
@natureboy tom or others who couldn't read the sign clearly because of the towel
@natureboy tom
Very few people get killed by crocs. Guess more die in car accidents on the way to the beach.
Great statement
Was there years ago, no crocs in sight. Magnificent tropical paradise beaches with small sea shells of intricate patterning.
If you go up a bit further from Cape Trib to Lakefield (drive to Laura and take the road heading straight north) you'll find tons of crocs, salties and freshies, along the Normanby river and in all the billabongs around. Camped there for some days back in 2002, getting water from the creek to wash (not to drink) was an exciting adventure.
Tried to get further north all the way up with my car, but broke both front bumpers on the track ("development road"). Took me two days of very slow driving to get back to Laura and another two rummaging through the local scrapyards to find bumpers for a 1984 Mazda station wagon...
Glorious days when I used not to worry too much about taking a risk. You need a bit of luck to survive your youth sometimes.
What a beautiful place! Makes you want to jump right in!
Only once tho !
@@pablogomesoliveira2677 lmao
Lesson learned from this... the only thing you should swim in when visiting Australia is a pool.😃
Pools are very popular in North Queensland, even for people who live near the beach.
@Clone Trooper they have stinger nets at some beaches.
even the pools have bull sharks in it 😆
Beautiful. We were there last weekend and U fortunately only heard what could have only been a croc slide back into the river.
I’ve been to Straya Zoo twice, seen the croc demo both times, and that’s in perfectly clear water with a pale bottom. Imagine murky with a darker bottom, you’re seein Nothin till too late.
It's not actually a beach, it's a creek. And that's croc habitat 👍🌴
Beaches too......anywhere on the coast and can be found 100s of klm up rivers,way out to sea is croc country in the north
We had one just chilling in the shallows off of farnborough beach just yesterday
Yeah, there's crocas out in the salt water for sure.
One swam up the Thames and bit the Queen!
I don't swim in any water further North than Rockhampton apart from swimming pools. Sharks, Crocodiles, Blue ringed octopus, Stone fish, Irukandji Jelly Fish, Sea snakes, Box Jellyfish, Stingrays
Aussies's love of nature is no joke. Rather be eaten than eating the man eaters. Any day in the Land Down Under could be your last. Steer clear of Australia.
Would you say Fraser Island is still safe for swimming, then?? :)
When I was there, we were told to not even think about it XD
@@Frankd22003 Fuck off, it's only up north you get the Crocs, it's no more dangerous than any other place if not safer than many other countries.
@@davidmiatke6758 there's crocs down around brissy River too mate. Remember the floods years ago? When the flood waters dropped there was a croc on a local park in Brisbane sunbaking. Just because you can't see them does not mean they aren't there.
@@danmckerihan8696 One off, cause some moron has brought it down, they don't migrate to colder area's, one was apparently spotted in the Maroochydore river as well However it's not there natural habitat. I'd be more worried about Bull Sharks
That was so cool!
What a beautiful beach!
Great spot, just down the beach from the campground right?
I fished the spot at 00:18 a few years ago, saw the croc that you guys have most likely caught on film, apparently it’s been hanging around there for awhile.
Loved Cape Trib, favourite spot in Aus.
If you have to cross a shallow river or inlet in far north Queensland, always do it in groups of three people and carry a sharp knife in your boot - that way, if you see a croc, you can slash the person next to you, push them toward the croc and run for it - the second person is for if the croc doesn't take the first bait ... it's a cruel world.
Beautiful beach no wonder they took it for themselves. 🐊🌴
Those views are instagram stories worthy
Lmao
Used to drive up there on my days off when I lived in FNQ. watching this makes me realise how much I miss the place....
There's no forgetting these are salt water crocs even though they spend most of their time in brackish water. River estuaries are their ideal location as is the case here in the Daintree River region. Because they are salties they are quite capable of swimming offshore so that they can move up and down the Queensland coast to find a suitable inlet to mark out their territory. Their travelling distance is limited by temperature although there has been the odd "sighting" of a croc in the south east of the state.
As a local I would advise that if you are visiting the the Cairns area it's wise to remember that the Northern Beaches whilst appearing to be safe can be dangerous, particularly if you decide to go for that night time stroll along the water's edge or feel like you might want to go wading. The netted areas are there for a reason and not just to give swimmers some protection from stingers. Same thing with the warning signs. Ignore them and you risk your life. Otherwise it's a great part of Australia for tourists to visit.
You're really selling it to me.
I disagree about the netted areas, they are to keep Stingers out as the locals know full well they won’t keep a croc out. The tops of the nets are at sea level.
When I lived in Cairns, Australia, we used to go to a place that took quite awhile to get to, but was worth the travel. It was called "The Rocks" and it one of the most awesome places I've seen. Big pools of cool water and lots of trees to get on a branch and dive in! While on the drive there, we saw huge red kangaroos grazing the grassy land we passed! It was heaven on earth, for sure, and a great swim if you're not afraid of cold water! I highly recommend it if it is still there. And NO CROCs!
There are crocs in Cairns harbor, so "no crocs" is not necessarily true. Time to introduce a measured cull.
Thanks and no thanks.
Go cairns ,, if u need eaten by crocodiles
I've seen videos, even the Kangaroos will beat the shit our of you.
@@rexcowan9209, exactly…
What a beautiful place
Welcome to Australia mate. Just another ordinary day.
You don't swim here ? Very good idea! I would pay close attention to the guide and do exactly as he says!
This is at myall Creek. There is a 5 metre croc living there now. We see him everytime we go there.
Looks perfect
Such beautiful animals.
Love that spot ❤️
such a beautiful and scenic beach but also very dangerous!!!
Place looks so tropical, so inviting.😏
Only one time tho lol
Looks like paradise. I imagine how many casualties there were when people discovered this spot before they had to put the croc signs up lol
Haha as soon as I saw the still for the video, I knew it was a croc territory. You get good at that pretty quick when you live in the area :)
Wonderful animals!
Not sure why TH-cam recommended this to me...but that spot really reminds me of the show 'Rex Hunt Fishing Adventure's', which I used to watch as a kid.
Of course you can wander there without a guide. It's the creek right next to Myall Beach (southern end) and countless of people wander there every day, myself included. Just don't go to the waters edge and you'll be fine! Took dozens of pics of the two crocs living in this river in 2017 and 2019. It's probably one of the best and easily reachable spots to spot a croc without a guide / boat tour in the Daintree.
Beautiful
Cute saltie sunbathing 🐊
Watching this makes me want to play Far Cry 3 again 😢
it's good to know. places like this still exist in the world...
Beautiful There
Looks absolutely stunning where you are.
Cape Tribulation?
Never mind, read the description after watching the video haha
*_T H E S I N G I N G O F B I R D S..._*
Er...yeah - is that unusual?
@@flowerpower8722 No, it's wonderful ... and deserves a comment.
@@flowerpower8722 At this location, yes. Because it could be the very last thing you hear.
Good place to go swimming !
How did these people find Stranglethorn Vale?
Beautiful scenery like Jurassic park
Looks like Myall Creek. The big one is called Trevor. He is probably a tad under 4m now. Would be crazy to go into the water or stand near it long enough.
I used to have a resident huntsman called Trevor. An ironic name.
Walk up this creek a way and there's a nice little pool to cool off in. WELL UPSTREAM!
I swam at the beach of Cape Tribulation in 1986 as a kid. Our family jumped out of the tour bus, The guide said don't go in the water so we headed straight for the beach and walked about 50 meters out in opaque water that was quite shallow. The guide was pretty shitty at us when we came in. Good times hahahahah
Wow. Some spot.
Crocs seem like nice guys, always ready with a smile. You want to come up to them and say hi mate how you doing.
"Never smile at a crocodile, don't be taken in bye the whilee smile." Queensland nursery song.
I come from Sweden. I live in Austria. I would never walk in the Alps without a guide. I read about folks that have fallen off cliffs on a daily basis. A guide is the key.
I would like to visit Australia and see some crocs. But from what I have learned, never without a guide. I have also seen very many personal short movies about these crocs, so I would "automatically" stay away from water if I am in Queensland.
Lesson learned. I have brought some friends to Sweden too, and that is a safe country, right? Yeah, walk out in a bog, get stuck and drown. Or just check those bushes out and fall into an old mine shaft.
Get a guide or at least a local to tell you of the dangers.
Seems like Swedish tourists are always getting ganked by crocs or what have you when they travel abroad. Are Euros just that naive? No offense.
There are no crocs in Southern Queensland.
@@jimcrawford5039 have the crocodiles confirmed this? And what about their expansion plans for the future? 😂
@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures oh, I thought it was the Americans getting ganked? Never heard of Swedes getting killed by crocs? Which does not mean that all Swedes are smart - there was this Swede that asked if it was possible to walk from Perth to Adelaide?
He got the perfect Australian answer: Yeah, sure. Just remember to bring lots of water.
Imagine what it would've been like exploring these lands in the 1700s like a pirate.
pure paradise
The only thing more dangerous to the crocs is a tour group of Chinese on the hunt for a aphrodisiac delicacy. Crocs wouldn't stand a chance.
I wouldn't swim in a bathtub in Australia....🐊
You must be a Brit.
Lol I have a outdoor bathtub 😂
@@sally-annekusters4161 - Yes, you Brits have lovely bathtubs; I only wish you folks would learn to use them.
Really? Are there bathtubs in Oz?
@@nicopohl2060 Happy to see the relationship is alive and well. I think the pommies don't bath is a relic from the 1800s.
Deadly paradise. The croc sign is scary AF
Anywhere from rockhampton north pretty much.....further north the more and the bigger
You get within 6 feet of the waters edge, what's left of you would be fish food for a gold fish bowl.
The algorithm led me here. WHAT a CROC stay safe mates 👍74+🍁 hunter Yorkshire expat
Any tropical countries that have many river mouths, the sea have salt water crocs. Places like Borneo, Australia and Papua, the croc are likely same species and more aggressive than other places, some croc trail behind tiny shrimp fishermen on coastal area but never attack. They are even smarter by going under Gill nets if the area have lots of long nets.
Good Information
Looks like Myal Creek.near mango house.mite of good spelling wrong.Used fish there 25 years ago with local indigenous fellows.We often saw Crocs there.
Have seen Crocs in the Ocean swimming when they move from one habitat to another.Most times I have been close to them I was with National Park Officer,s just doing Observation,s and Research
'Is this the creek the Chinese guy 'was' walking across.
Like we don't know how that story ended...
The Croc dined on Chinese Food that day.
Now I understand about the NO swimming bit! Lol
Cape Trib. I know the inlet there. Looks beautiful but bloody dangerous. Nice to walk on the sand but be bloody watchful.
Two of my mates went missing while fishing on the Nile......crocs was recorded as cause of death.
sorry to hear that
Two?!
@@jimmyuk007 yep happened in the 90s
@@supocarta74 at same time? Body found?
@@jimmyuk007 yeah they on a fishing holiday I doubt the bodies found and in them days it was easy to disappear it's was on our local news back then.
I was at that same spot last week , She is still laying there.
Ian "Jonno" Johnson from the now defunct but Legendary
"Johno's Blues Bar" in Cairns actually penned a song about the place, called funnily enough
...
Cape Tribulation 🌴🌴
I've seen people wading chest deep across a creek at Cape Trib. Bloody idiots.
Like the shark repellant cream that sea swimmers/surfers apply on their bodies, is there anything similar to keep crocs/gators away?
Yeah, its called dont go swimming in far north Queensland
@@cloggedcp6961 or Northern Territory
wow.
Those warning signs were in the bar washroom when I was there, had to go on the street.
Amazing that many people these days can’t read.
I’ve heard quite a few can’t walk anymore after getting too close to the murky water’s edge.
That's okay: neither can the crocs.
@@DieFlabbergast That makes sense because I've never seen a croc with glasses.
River mouth and mangrove is never a good spot for swimming but for fishing ,yess
That's why way more people are attacked fishing than swimming.
Can you reel in a saltie by yourself? I doubt it. Hahaha
I just got back from a trip to Costa Rica and there were crocodile tracks all over a beach we went to! There's a river mouth that empties into the ocean there, and the tracks were going out from the river all the way down the sand on the beach into the ocean, and then right back into the river! It was super cool, but also a little scary! Don't underestimate Mother Nature and her creatures!!
Crocs in Costa Rica?
@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures Huge crocs there
@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures I'm surprised as well
@@DrJetset Crosses off plans to get drunk and wonder the beach in Costa Rica.
Almost paradise..... almost.
North of Sunshine Coast, don't swim on ANY Queensland beaches and be very wary. There's snakes (most are killers), sea-snakes (killers), jellyfish (killers) spiders that will kill and of course the crocs that come inland up tiny creeks (as little as 20 cm water).
This legit should be in the tourist brochure, beautiful tropic paradise comes with a smiling, open mouthed croc...bro he not even pretending for the cameras. 🤣🐊
In 1997 I went on a Daintree river boat ride. The guide pointed out a crocodile in the water, and a large python curled round a tree as we went by. Amazing place.
Amazing place from a boat?....🧐
Such a beautiful secluded place lovely beach & waters so inviting to anyone who wonders here. Glad signs are there imagine going for a swim only to be frighten by a predator that will eat you! No way not coming here without a guide ! Best to book myself into a spa at the hotel much safer but costly so worth it 🙄
If you're anywhere north of Cairns, I suggest you don't put any part of your body near water of river mouths, or estuary creeks. There's some that are safe, and some that definitely are not. Unless you're local, it's hard to tell the difference.
@@Richard-ug4el Great advice thank you 👍 us city dwellers can be naive at times it pays to heed locals who know about these dangerous zones. To a tourist calm inviting rivers look safe but now we know that's a risky thing to swim or even come close to rivers edge. If a crocodile takes you in the water do you stay calm or panic? What can one do?
@@priscillasolanki6390 If a croc takes you into the water, you'll most likely just die either way. I'd recommend fighting for your life. Best protection is not to let that happen to begin with though.
@@Richard-ug4el Yes your absolutely right👍 prevention is best advice thanks again♥️
When people ignore those signals and "something" happen, it shouldn't be called accident but natural selection.
It's nice the crocs have a beach to themselves
Fair shake of the sauce bottle cobber
At age 11 my sisters dad brought me n my mother swimming at a similar beach in cairns with same signs and no one around. Really feel like he was trying haha cuz he couldn’t do it either on surfers paradise beach when he got me to get wiped out by wave that be good 12-16ft. This video made me think hahaha
You guys missed a great croc meal. The croc flesh is tasting absolutely divine
I was half expecting Gilligan to wander down from the beach, looking for the Skipper.....
Maybe this is why Tina Louise is the only one left of the original cast, very poor taste comment I know.
@@bbkingwasthegreatest711 🤣🤣🤣
Nah, the crocs ate Gilligan.
In Gippsland we've got giant earthworms!
Those warning signs were common when I visited Queensland. On ocean was jellyfish warnings!
Apparently you listened to the signs. You're still here to tell us about it :)
@@Richard-ug4el you’re correct! Great country and people!
"Do not wander into these places without Crocodile Dundee".
i just went there without local guide XD didnt see much really but beautiful place indeed
You don't want to go in that water eh! It's too cold LOL
He was talking about the croc not wanting to go in.
Looks a bit like the Daintree, beautiful but can be lethal if you’re not very careful!
I've bin to Oz a few times. Last time stayed in Townsville and went up the coast to both Magnetic Island and Cairns. Steer well clear of those crocs they are nasty critters.
Looking at the title I was like "well its pretty self explanatory" lol