Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
Wildlife park and crocodile farm with daily reptile shows, koala encounters and cassowary feeding.
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This guide to Hartley's Crocodile Adventures near Cairns follows Charlie, a crocodile bought for three pounds in nineteen thirty five by a teahouse owner named Herb Evans on the newly opened road to Mossman. It traces the mythology that grew around one animal, from disputed stories of where he was caught to the family's conviction that he knew Herb's voice, and the wartime offer Herb refused no matter the price. Listen for the two old delivery planks mounted near the Croc Centre, the closest thing left to where his story began.
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