Top End Critters

15/03/2025

We snuck off for a trip last week to relax with family and friends, catch up with industry legends and meet some new additions to the TEC family (animals not pictured 😅) before the season really ramps up again. Currently catching up on emails, thanks to everyone that waited patiently for replies whilst we were away. 💚

06/02/2025

So excited to be talking about campaign. The anticipation was high for this one, as we knew had captured something incredible!
Huge thanks to Maria for having us as part of this project. Her support and celebration of Darwin and our local businesses is amazing! ❤🦜

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Thankyou all for another wonderful year 💚💛🐊🐢🐓🐃🦄🐇🐍

23/12/2024

Today our hearts are very heavy and with the family at mourning the loss of a true top end critter!

I (Tom) moved to the Territory nearly 9 years ago to get 6 months of big croc experience before I went back to Sydney, but characters like Burt (and the wife of course 😉) are why the Territory became home.

It sounds crazy but Burt was an incredible mentor, working alongside that animal made us better keepers and built an appreciation for how bloody smart crocodiles really are, which we strive to share with everyone we meet through our events. .

I always joked to Charlotte that if Croc Cove ever wanted to retire him I'd build him a pen at home in a heartbeat. He was the favourite, a stubborn kindred spirit and we'll never ever forget him!

Miss ya already Burt!

05/12/2024

Feeling festive with the barnyard critters from 6pm-8pm tonight at bunnings palmerson!

02/12/2024

"Is that our crocodile??"

"Is that my hand??"

Crocodile and hand models available at Topendcritters.com 😉

17/11/2024

Some really good advice and on the last day of for 2024! We second the importance of helping our froggy friends, they're a critical part of the ecosystem and Australian urban areas have seen a substantial decline in numbers! Glad to see this little guy is on the mend 🐸 💚

This Green Tree Frog was bought to us sporting a distinct black mustache - its necrotic tissue possibly caused by a burn or some sort of trauma. The good news is that she is responding well to treatment and should be soon be fine to return to her home. While this frog isn’t contagious it’s important to bring sick frogs in. as there are a lot of diseases of concern in frogs. Frogs have disappeared from much of the globe due to diseases. We work with Wildlife Health Australia to discover more about wildlife diseases.

31/10/2024

Halloween ready at Bunnings from 6.30pm-8.30pm tonight
🐈‍⬛🕷🕸🦇🧛

09/10/2024

Q: How long is Pumba now??
A: Ooh about 1 Thomas...

Pumba got to head out and have a fun little photoshoot this week! He doesn't get out very often anymore but he's such a good boy when he does!

06/10/2024

Reasons Mavis shouldn't be in the house:

1. It doesn't matter, Mavis goes where Mavis wants to go 😅

28/09/2024

"I woke up like this" 💅💅💅

24/09/2024

Another beautiful day for an event! We are down at Jingli Water Gardens for Kentish Community Services 30th Birthday Celebrations! Snowflake, Elsa and I are excited to meet all the kids today!

21/09/2024

Today we are for the water safety week! Come down, say hi to snowflake, pebbles and myself!

09/09/2024

The definition of Lounge Lizard! This lucky Perentie was sent to us from another amazing Wildlife demonstration business in Queensland for us to use in our displays. With a little more socialisation and chilling around inside, he will be coming out to our shows to meet you all!!

01/09/2024

There are dads, and then there are buffalo dads!

Happy Fathers day to all of our dads. But particularly this guy! We'd let him relax but he's got avaries to build! 😂

30/08/2024

An event this afternoon you say...

Be a shame if I... rolled in the mud after my bath... 😈💩

24/08/2024

Oh Cooper you're going to grow up to be just like your mama 🐊💚🐊. That outfit 🥺

Thanks for having us as a part of his special day

19/08/2024

Really informative and pro-active info session put on by the Darwin poultry club on Sunday. Something such as Avian influenza poses a very real risk to our critters, so it was very helpful to us in our risk management and planning!