Scott: re your comment on your dog loving to go yakking. Dogs are amazing. I had a kelpie/lab cross that had to be dragged into my row boat the first time I took her out, which was on a camping trip up the Fitzroy River. Didn't take long to change her attitude. At the campsite, with the boat pulled up the bank, she would sit in it hoping it would go out again.
Gatesy: re crocs. Yes, they have been seen in this system, but usually not in the bay area, more way up the mangrove creeks. However, on the beach which is not far from where the pics were taken, a lady paddling in the surf with her dog felt something brush her leg. Then she saw paddling with her, a 3 m croc with its mouth wide open. National Parks officers said it was not big enough to eat someone and it must have been washed out from the creek system by the big bad tides, poor creature. Some of the time when I am fishing there, I see families with little children swimming! There are warning signs! I just keep my eyes open and try to avoid doing things which put me in more risk. My assumption is that there are crocs there but out of the way. There is no reported behaviour like with other creek systems where boats have been chased or crocs obviously showing no signs of wariness of people.
Occy: re chasing the water. In croc-infested water, we always fish in shallow water like that.
Actually, what with so many shallows and large tides, the area can be a pain for stinkboats but creates lots of opportunities for yak fishing. Just have to put up with some long portages at times.
Occy: re one siring the other. Haha. They do look suspiciously like they are from the same immediate family, but no they are only cousins.
Dodge: Yes I have seen your sig line!
