Episode
The Crocodile Hunter: Australia's Wild Frontier
Overview
Steve and Terri venture out to Cape York in Queensland, Australia, one of the most remote areas in the country. Among the creatures they spot are the Scrub Python, the Slately Grey Snake, feral pigs, a Rusty Monitor Goanna and the tree-jumping Canopy Goanna, the rarest goanna species in the world.
Details
- Series
- The Crocodile Hunter
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1999-09-09
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Australia's Wild Frontier is Episode 6 in Season 3 of The Crocodile Hunter. It aired on 1999-09-09. The runtime is 44 min.
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