Police in Queensland's far north have a "tail" to tell after a three-and-a-half metre crocodile swaggered up the street and into the backyard of a house on New Year's Eve.
The crocodile wandered into the backyard of a property at Karumba, in Queensland's gulf country, enjoying basking in the sun in the backyard for a few hours from about 6am.
He then made the snappy decision to move out to the front gate, where he remained for the rest of the day.
Creative police officers and locals initially built a barrier out of wheelie bins in an attempt to funnel the crocodile back towards the water.
But it became clear he was not keen to move.
Perhaps due to a "broken navi-gator?", a Queensland Police Service media release quips.
Officers then made the decision to box in the crocodile with hay bales and contain him until wildlife experts from Cairns - about 750km east from the small town - arrived to relocate him.
Karumba has a population of 518, according to the 2006 Census, and is more than 2000km north of the state's capital, Brisbane.
The news was relayed in a joke-ladened emailed media release, sent by Queensland Police media on the morning of New Year's Day, entitled "Now that's a croc, aye Karumba".
Photos from the eventful day in Karumba show a police officer crouching down on the other side of the fence from the crocodile, with a sprinkler thoughtfully set up to keep the animal cool.
Another shows a barrier constructed out of wheelie bins and hay bales, with a hay bale-ladened truck nearby, and curious locals watching on.
Karumba's economy revolves mainly around fishing, and is in Katter's Australian Party MP Robbie Katter's vast electorate of Mount Isa.
The American band Red Hot Chili Peppers' song, Animal Bar, from their 2006 album Stadium Arcadium is named after Karumba's bar, called the Animal Bar.
Crocodiles are a feature of life in north Queensland.
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