What did I always say....... Stay away from the waters in the topend and follow the signs, it just not safe to swim in the topend but this bloke didn't listen.....................
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/10/03/89735_ntnews.html
Croc attacks man swimming in Kakadu billabong
REBEKAH CAVANAGH
October 3rd, 2009
WAITING: Crocs inhabit waterways all over the Territory... yet some people still insist on taking their chances.
A TOURIST is lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a crocodile after taking a dip in a croc-infested billabong in Kakadu National Park yesterday.
The 57-year-old man suffered bone-deep puncture wounds to his right arm.
He had been camping by the waterhole and ignored the park's crocodile warning signs erected in the area.
The man, who is travelling through the NT from Western Australia, told police his lucky story of survival and how the croc latched on to his arm when he put it out in front of him in an attempt to protect himself.
Police said campers on the other side of the bank jumped in a boat and went out and dragged the man to safety.
His rescuers took him to his nearby campsite and provided medical treatment.
The attack happened at the bush campsite at Bucket Billabong off the Arnhem Highway near Jabiru, about 250km southeast of Darwin, at about 10.30am.
Check out our croc photo galleries.
The victim is understood to have driven himself to the Jabiru Health Clinic to receive further treatment about noon and was discharged about three hours later.
A man who did not see the attack but spoke to the tourist afterwards told the Northern Territory News the man had deep puncture wounds through his right arm and elbow.
"He was pretty bloody lucky," he said.
"(The croc) would have had a good grip - I would have been sh-----g myself.
"It was more than a nip, it was a significant bite.
"He had a number of puncture marks."
Territory Police Duty Superintendent John Emeny said the man is lucky to have survived to tell his story.
"He's a silly boy, because the area is signposted and infested with crocs," he said.
The attack comes just three days after our story Don't say you weren't warned told of large crocs in an area where fishos have been photographed wading.
Jack :evil: