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Mar 2020
18m 21s

"I wrestled a CROCODILE for 25 minutes"

Pacific Podcast Network
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It was a steaming hot March afternoon in Weipa, a mining town on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. At a safety course, 28-year-old mine worker Todd Bairstow couldn’t wait to knock off, treat himself to an ice-cold beer and go ... 
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