Image Gallery: April 2008
Darwin soldiers train with the crocodiles
18 April 2008
For 14 soldiers from the 1st Combat Signal Regiment at Robertson Barracks in Darwin, wrestling saltwater crocodiles became all in a days work.
The team-building adventure training exercise assisted Darwin's Crocodylus Park in the transport and cataloguing of over 200 saltwater crocodiles from a communal enclosure they had outgrown.
The crocodile's notorious local reputation was braved by the soldiers, attracting local media interest to promote the Top End facility's valuable research on the reptile.
Lieutenant James Tewes from the unit's 104 Signal Squadron used the activity as part of the troop's adventure training schedule, providing a physical and psychological challenge whilst introducing the members to real and perceived risk under trained supervision.
"You can't do this type of activity by yourself, so it's a great exercise to emphasis the Army value of working as a team," Lieutenant Tewes said.
| 20080416adf8243523_015 Signaller Adam Liquorish and Lance Corporal Chad Dobbs steady a saltwater crocodile on an examination table in preparation for measurement and cataloguing by resident crocodile experts at Darwin's Crocodylus Park in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080416adf8243523_137 Sergeant Peter Thompson (front) and Signaller Neil Fitzpatrick steady a saltwater crocodile on an examination table as a resident crocodile expert cataolgues its physical aspects. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080416adf8243523_199 Signaller Adam Liquorish, Lance Corporal Chad Dobbs, Signaller Quinten Rix (right) and Lance Corporal Drew Somerville assist gamekeepers move a saltwater crocodile from a transport container after cataloguing at Darwin's Crocodylus Park in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080416adf8243523_209 Young saltwater crocdiles bide their time together in a storage pen at Darwin's Crocodylus Park in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080416adf8243523_228 Lieutenant Julia Vardill steadies the head of a saltwater crocodile on an examintion table while a local crocodile expert catalogues its details at Darwin's Crocodylus Park in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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