Gunbalanya photographer snaps front page image

Photographs at the Gunbalanya billabong taken by Donna Drexler have made news headlines. Photo credit: Donna Drexler.

Photographs taken by Gunbalanya resident Donna Drexler have made front page news recently after she managed to capture a large crocodile eating a wallaby at the Gunbalanya billabong.

Donna commented, “We came home from work and were sitting on the balcony which over looks the billabong at Gunbalanya, and saw something floating in the billabong thinking it was a buffalo, (as) lots of crocs were circling it.

“We went for a closer look in the ute, and after a few minutes the floating one was a huge croc, he flew out of the water with the wallaby in his mouth, thrashed it around a few times then swallowed it whole. Lots of other crocs were hanging around.

“We were very lucky to have been there at the right time to be able to capture this amazing event. I was extremely excited to see nature doing what it does. Crocs are fascinating animals as we see them feeding on fish at times or just fighting each other.”

Meanwhile, videos showing a large crocodile walking over Cahill’s Crossing attracted a lot of attention last week with the videos shared across social media, as well as online
news.