The Oz Experience day one: The Crocodile Farm, Heading onto Mission Beach:

Accommodation: Absolute Backpackers. Driver: Ute

The Oz experience pulled up and we were ready to hop on, I met some great people (Pete Newman if you are reading this, I met another Pete Newman on board.. Lol). Our driver Ute (they all have nicknames, and this is the type of car he owns) was a laugh and filled us with knowledge about the sugar cane farms, waterfalls and towns we passed through on route to the crocodile farm.

On arriving at the crocodile farm, a guide was approaching our bus holding a tiny crocodile and he had a snake wrapped around his neck. I was sat at the very front of the coach so he decided to rest the crocodile on my bag. I admit I was a little terrified, as it looked like the tape was only loosely wrapped around its mouth, but he was pretty cute all the same. (He won't be in a couple of years he'll be 10 times the size!)

On entering the zoo we got to hold the small croc, a snake, a parrot that enjoyed nibbling my hat and a dragon lizard.. Oh dear I can't remember its actual name I have made that up. But he was the cutest little thing, so placid and docile. They would be a lovely for a pet but I don't think Angus would approve.

Then it was time to see the big fella's.. The huge crocs! The males that is, the females were a quarter of the size and they didn't get a look in at feeding time, as we were told the males would eat them.

Two guides went into the enclosures and left the gate open.. just incase. We were stood about ten feet away behind a wire fence, which was like chicken wire and some of the fences weren't fully intact as at times the crocodiles would destroy them just for the sake of it (one escaped the once because it knew its neighbour was being fed and he wasn't getting any). The guides were crazy, dangling meat over the crocodile until it leapt up and took it from their hand. I have quite a few pictures on Facebook to show just how insane the keepers were when feeding them.

After watching most of the male crocs been fed (poor females!) we went and had pictures with kangaroos! (The first time I have seen Kangaroos since being in oz) They were gorgeous!! One just came and sat right by me, so I got a little snap happy and took photos of the two of us (again they're on good old Facebook). We were then taken to see the Cassowary (a huge black bird with colourful markings, about the size of an ostrich).. They're not as friendly as they look.. by a long stretch. A few people have been killed by them, and they sounded like pretty horrific deaths.. but I won't go into it as some of you maybe squeamish.

We then got back onto the Oz Experience bus and a few of us were taken to Mission Beach and dropped at a lovely hostel called "Absolute Backpackers" where I have met some great people! There was one thing I had on the agenda at Mission Beach… A Skydive!