Georgia, when I was in Cairns I met a local (family) on the beach and the water was very murky. Their three boys aged from just toddler up to maybe 4-5 yr old were playing on the beach at the waters edge, and so were their two dogs. He was fishing and we were invited to have a few beers with them so we stayed and chat for a couple of hrs while the sun went down. When we asked about the possibility of croc attack he simple said , "look there could be 6m one right there now, we wouldn't be able to see it... but what do you do, we have to live our life and have fun too, can't let them stop us doing that." Me and my missus thought that was a bit strange when you consider whats around there, we could see the Daintree River mouth from where we were.
Is this the mentality up that way too?
I don't mean any offence here.