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The frightening moment a nearly five-metre-long saltwater crocodile snapped up a large turtle has been captured on video. The footage was taken from a mustering helicopter just south from the mouth of the Daintree River in far north Queensland.   The crocodile was seen swimming about half a kilometre from the shore when it was seen by Brian Bartlett. Posted by Brian Bartlett on Sunday, April 11, 2021 Mr Bartlett captured the video and shared it to a community Facebook page where he warned locals about the sighting.  'Just trying to get message out large croc around 4.5m was swimming just S...

News by Mark Murray Premium Content Subscriber only INCREDIBLE footage has emerged of a large saltwater crocodile taking a large animal near the mouth of the Daintree River. A mustering helicopter patrolling the Daintree region happened upon the "4.5m" croc with what looks to be a huge turtle in its jaws. The animal was swimming around 500 metres from the coastline. "Just trying to get message out large Croc around 4.5m was swimming just South of Daintree mouth and half a kilometre out to sea roughly in line with Wonga Beach," said Brian Bartlett, who po...

News by Alison Walsh Premium Content Subscriber only Alienor le Gouvello has documented her journey on Australia’s 5330km Bicentennial National Trail in her new book, Wild at Heart Australia. Picture: Cat Vinton Exhausted, her joints screaming in agony from Ross River Fever and with serious infections in her foot and leg, Frenchwoman Alienor Le Gouvello arrived in Cooktown, one of only two women to have completed Australia's longest trek, the 5330km Bicentennial National Trail, on their own. "No one will ever quite know what I've been through, nor...

Whatever they are, they have people talking. Here are five of the most bizarre yowie encounters to come out of the Far North in recent times.   1. Woman stalked by yowie family Former Tarzali resident Jackie Liversidge described a creature similar to this image captured on a hunter's camera. Photo: WIRED WEB Jackie Liversidge was living in an old Queenslander in Tarzali when she was reportedly tormented by a whole family of the creatures in 2006. She said they threw things on the roof of the house and caused uneasy "feelings of being watched in the bathroom and just something not bei...

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