A crocodile in the Whangarei Harbour this week certainly turned heads.
But, fortunately, it wasn't the real deal, just a lifeless replica.
Northern Advocate reader Wendy Giffin worked that out soon after she saw the croc, but not before she jumped out of her car with a camera in hand on Monday afternoon. "I thought with this crazy weather, anything was possible, but someone's put it in the water as a joke. But it certainly was an eye catcher," she said.
Giffin was heading to Onerahi with her daughter and three grandchildren about 3.30pm on Monday when they spotted the fake croc close to the water's edge between the new roundabout on Riverside Dr and Kissing Pt.
"We both saw it together. The head was moving in the water so we turned around and pulled over near where we saw it.