When researching activities and the like, to do in Darwin. I wondered why there was the ability to have a crocodile experience in the main drag of Darwin. Now I've been, all is apparent. Pools are small, crocs are big, reptiles less exciting than a colonoscopy. But, and there's no pun intended I would probs come again. If you want to swim, and by swim I mean get dunked into the water next to a croc. Yep, like a human flavoured tea bag; or better still, like a human Korean hot pot, teasing just a few cm's away a killing machine desperate to learn how to open said Perspex feed trough without opposable thumbs. Or, in the case of Wendell, a missing arm and foot. Entry to the joint was $40 for an adult, but if you want to do anything other than walk around looking, you'll have to stump ( sorry Wendell) some more reddies. If you want to feel like a crocodilians lunch, it's over $200 extra samolies. If you like your animals fluffy and cute, you're bang out of luck in the reptile house. Lots off deadly killing machines that'll have you wondering why you either, stay in Australia, or indeed, came to visit. But the geckos are cool, and as it's inside you get to cool off for a while. Again, if the sprogs haven't seen snakes, lizards and the like, take em in, tell em scary stories and enjoy the next few years of them not going outside. On the plus, you can get a pass out, allowing you back in any time the same day - not sure why you would, unless the swim with the croc has literally made you soil yourself, and there's a need to go and get a change of Reg Grundy. Fish feeding explanation was great for the kids, but only highlighted how crap a fisherman I am, as just by dangling a piece of sardine in the water, the keeper got large barramundi to come to the surface for a feed - easily within range of a net. Try this in any of the top end rivers and you'll be pulled in and dismantled limb from limb by the local swimming bitey handbags. There's plenty of vantage points to look at the big crocs just laying around or watch the slightly less large American tourist wander around waiting to be wowed and entertained. During big croc feeding, the crocs may not play the game, and if they start behaving in a manner similar to Andrew O'Keefe - allegedly stalking, they will move to another pen/pool. My advice is to head downstairs to the underwater viewing windows, as you'll get the same show as the human cage, but without the cost. There's a nice cafe under fans - that's the twisty air moving type, not the looking for autograph ones. I got an iced latte, which actually tasted of coffee. There's also a shop where you can purchase items made in China, showing you visited a tourist attraction in Darwin. It's a little run down in areas - rusty metal work, rotten steps, but it's all part of the NT charm. Why let Southern sensibilities get in the way of making a living. It killed a few hours, got me to see a croc without having to sacrifice a pet, or indeed a child, so job done. Open your mind and your wallets and you'll have a great time.