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Speaker 1: There was apparently a crocodile at Casarina Beach yesterday. It

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Speaker 1: was spotted on the Casarina Beach swimming up and down

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Speaker 1: the shoreline. I've seen a couple of videos and it

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Speaker 1: looks pretty frightening. Some reporting that it was following people

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Speaker 1: and their dogs walking along the beach. Now the public

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Speaker 1: apparently contacted the Crocodile Management Team to report the croc

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Speaker 1: and joining me on the line now to tell me

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Speaker 1: more about the situation is Kelly Ewan from the croc

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Speaker 1: Management Team. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Kelly, Good morning Katie, thanks for having me online.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good to have you on the show. Now, Kelly,

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Speaker 1: tell us what happened yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I ran met some thirty. We received a call

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Speaker 2: from remember the public just saying that crocodile sided at

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Speaker 2: the Kesina Beach area and apparently it had a crack

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Speaker 2: at someone's.

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Speaker 3: Dog but wasn't successful. So it was just hanging offshore

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Speaker 3: and just keeping.

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Speaker 2: An eye on.

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Speaker 1: Oh goodness, may thank goodness, it didn't get the dog.

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Speaker 1: So where exactly was that?

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Speaker 4: It was near the near that caf near the cafe there, Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 4: and so did you get a few calls?

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Speaker 1: Kelly or was it just the one or were there

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Speaker 1: a few people that were pretty concerned after they'd spotted it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we received a few calls, so I've obviously started

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Speaker 2: to gather a bit of a crowd down there. So

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Speaker 2: we got moving as soon as we could. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: we went and had to look ourselves and.

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Speaker 1: Tell me, do you have any idea how big this

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Speaker 1: crocodile was? Look, just that it was about two and

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Speaker 1: a half meters about two and a half meters now,

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Speaker 1: Kelly in the end, were you and the croc management

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Speaker 1: team able to capture it?

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Speaker 2: No, o, Katie. So what we did was, obviously we

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Speaker 2: went down and just started that crocodile and we monitored

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Speaker 2: it just to watch its movements and ensure that it

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Speaker 2: wasn't going to hang around any longer. And if if

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Speaker 2: it was in that way, we would deploy a boat

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Speaker 2: and obviously go on an attempt to try and catch it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Right, So at this point in time, do you like,

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Speaker 1: is the understanding that it sort of swum away and

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Speaker 1: gone a distance away now from Casarina Beach or what

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Speaker 1: do you reckon it's done?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Look, obviously we watched the swim away and there's there's

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Speaker 3: a couple of traps close by, so yeah, there's one

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Speaker 3: just near Sandy Creek and another one in the harbor,

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Speaker 3: So obviously we're hoping it goes into.

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Speaker 2: One of them traps.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, so when do you go and check those traps?

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Speaker 1: Any idea if you haven't caught it yet as far

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Speaker 1: as you know, not.

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Speaker 2: At the moment. We're at on a trap run now,

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Speaker 2: so we're hoping we get something soon.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you'll have to let us know, keep us

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Speaker 1: up to date if you know, if you do end

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Speaker 1: up capturing it. But I guess that this type of

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Speaker 1: thing happens pretty often. Like it's all in the all

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Speaker 1: in the day's work, isn't it for you guys on

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Speaker 1: the croc management team. Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, And like you know, we say it all the

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Speaker 2: time that crocodiles are always around and with the weather

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Speaker 2: woman up there becoming more active, and you know, all

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Speaker 2: the waterways and the territory, there is going to be

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Speaker 2: crocodiles and you're pretty you're in crop country, so you

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Speaker 2: just have to be smarter about entering the water.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you really do. And and I suppose it's also

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Speaker 1: a bit of a lesson as well for people like,

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Speaker 1: you've got to be smart or got to take care

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Speaker 1: even if you're out walking the dogs. And I know

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Speaker 1: that sometimes people sort of let the kids paddle around

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Speaker 1: in that area that's quite close to the beach as well,

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Speaker 1: don't they. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, looks again, you're just you're going to be crop white. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: weather warming up, they're going to be more active.

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Speaker 1: So and Kelly, what about when, like when there is

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Speaker 1: quite a bit of rain about like there is today.

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Speaker 1: I'm assuming that, you know, because we do face that

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Speaker 1: humidity and do have that hot weather, you know, before

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Speaker 1: the downpour arrives, that that is when the crocodiles are

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Speaker 1: on the move.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, And like I said that, with the water

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Speaker 2: warming up, they're becoming more active and people are going

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Speaker 2: to see a lot more crocodiles within the harbor.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Mate, if anybody does see a crocodile that is

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Speaker 1: sort of you know, in an area where there are

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Speaker 1: a lot of people, like what happened yesterday at Casuarina,

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Speaker 1: is that the right steps for the public to take. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: get in contact with the croc management team and you know,

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Speaker 1: I go from there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 2: Just get in contact with the Crock Management Team, and

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Speaker 2: obviously don't go near and try to attack you to

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Speaker 2: try to trap it yourself. Just give us a call

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Speaker 2: and give us as much details as you can so

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Speaker 2: we can go and assess it accordingly.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Kelly, any other crocs around the place that

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Speaker 1: we should be aware of, I mean, they're always everywhere,

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Speaker 1: aren't they. Mate, Like it's it's a bit of a

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Speaker 1: stupid question, I guess to say, are there any around anywhere?

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Speaker 1: But they are everywhere, But any others that you've sort

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Speaker 1: of sighted of like that, people need to make sure

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Speaker 1: that they they take a bit of precaution around.

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Speaker 2: Look like you said, Kattie, they're everywhere, So just yeah,

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Speaker 2: just keep your eye out again big crop wise and

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Speaker 2: remember you're in crop country, so just have that about you.

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Speaker 1: I bet you're with Yeah, absolutely well, Kelly Unwind, it's

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Speaker 1: lovely to speak to you this morning. Mate. We really

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time from the crop Management team. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for having a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: No worries. Thanks Katie, have a good day you too.

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Speaker 1: Thank you