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Who has been to Kakadu NP and watched Rogue ?

posted 16 years ago by RenlyStannis
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I`ve been there in 2004, and it was great. Recognized many of the landscape shots in the first half hour of the movie.

And yes, we did a Croc Tour then, but not on a rather big boat like in the movie (as we expected). Our tour group was split into three, some of the tourists got a rudimentary training for 10 minutes or so how to steer the small dinghy motor boats (like the two annoying Australian guys in the movie), and up went on Alligator River near "Shady Camp". We travel a lot, but I was never ever so scared in my whole life. They had saltwater crocs all along the banks, sometimes only a few meters apart from our boat. Some rather small, others 4-5 meters size. I only thought, if the boat skips, that`s it. I`ll never even make it to the shore.

Interestingly, our tour guide told us that once he saw how a croc killed a full-grown water buffalo (like in the beginning of the movie).

[–] DrHerbertWest 16 years ago

Right here! and to top it off I saw Rogue on opening night in Sydney. Not only did they do a great job of filming the locations (unlike Australia not even filmed in the NT) but they did a great job of casting and directing the group on the tour boat.

I really liked this flick. and really loved the NT. I'm no expert but it looks like the movie took place and was filmed farther South maybe aroud Katherine.

I did a more "eco" friendly croc tour with no feedings or bringing the corcs up to the boat. I did see a walaby get grabbed from a distance.

The NT rules, I will go back.

[–] purpleheart_2003 16 years ago

Hmmm. Granted - great photography! But I too recognized a lot of the scenery - well enough to know that that particular boat trip was impossible. It was filmed at (among other places) Yellow Waters in Kakadu National Park, the Adelaide River 26kms south of Darwin (that's where the jumping crocs are!) and in the Katherine Gorge. Anyone can see that scenery (apart from the croc's lair and the mud island which were obviously studio creations) but they'll have to take at least three boat trips 100s of kilometres apart to do so.

You'll see saltwater crocs at the first two of those places - not the third because it's too far inland!