Blondie and the Croc

Reporter:  Tony Lawler

ADELAIDE RIVER.
We had a day trip up the Adelaide River south of Darwin and on the way to Kakadu.  After lunch we called into Goat Island, the only freehold land on the Adelaide River.   It is owned by an eccentric (well, “mad” would be more apt) older chap named “Kia”, who calls himself HRH King Kia of Goat Island.   The place used to be a B and B but is now just a bar and the rest is junk – see the photos of the welcome and farewell signs, the swim fins for hire(to swim in the croc infested waters), and read the menu board for a laugh.​

Below the balcony  was a lazy croc we were throwing bits of left over BBQ meat to.  On the balcony Kia’s little dog, Blondie, was barking at the croc.  There were articles from the local Darwin paper showing Blondie nip the croc on the tail and chase it away.  Kia asked if we would like to see Blondie chase the croc away and the group said they would.  Kia suggested we all line up to take a photo which we did.

See the video for what happened next.  [Editor note:  For the sake of those squeamish readers I have replaced with a video that does not demonstrate the folly of nipping a crocodile on the tail].
For those looking for the full details, just google Blondie and the Croc.

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