Saltwater Crocodile (2/6)

Crocodilia: Crocodylidae

Crocodylus porosus  

Saltwater Crocodile basking.

(and there's one in the water too).

Whilst waiting for the tidal waters of the East Alligator River to drop so that we could ford the river on our way to the Coburg Peninsula we went for a walk along the river and saw a few crocodiles swimming and basking on the banks.

This reasonably large specimen was a short distance downstream from the ford.

Wading fords to test the bottom is not something one does around here.