06/04/2026
As most have followed my adventure in the reptile industry, here is another exciting adventure taking place in our world of reptiles since Working with Andrew Melrose who is the boss man of livereptiledisplays, it has been a pretty wild experience so far, and we are just scrapimg the surface. After a couple of weeks of letting Wally settle in, can announce his place with live reptile displays. After making his abrupt entrance into a creek in Newcastle chasing a bunnings snag, his unusual placement gained alot of attention, both good and bad. Now because of Andrew Melrose and reputation with keeping and educating on Crocodiles, Wally the Freshwater Crocodile will still get all the attention whilst educating the public even more. Stay tuned for more of Wally's adventures!
Welcome to the Live Reptile Displays team, “Wally” the famous Wallsend crocodile.
Wally is a freshwater crocodile which was either an escapee or dumped pet, in the Iron Bark creek in Wallsend Newcastle.
It was spotted by locals, and was all over the media.
After two days work by the amazing team from the Australian Reptile Park, Wally was rescued, with Bill Collett performing an awesome dive into the creek, and coming up trumps, with the capture of the croc.
These actions 100% saved this crocodiles life.😊
The crocodile being so far from its native area naturally, would have never survived this far south as weather gets cooler.
The Reptile park did an amazing job caring for it after capture, but decided it wasn’t ideal to be its long term home, and releasing into the wild with no history of the crocodile was impossible, so authorities contacted us, knowing I am a current licensed crocodile keeper and exhibitor, based in Sydney, keeping Freshwater and Saltwater crocodiles, and asked if we’d take it in.
And of course we couldn’t say no.☺️
So keep an eye out for our future demonstrations, or book us in yourself, and you may be lucky enough to meet the famous Wally.👍🐊 www.livereptiledisplays.com.au
