I have eaten many unusual things, and this is the story of when I ate crocodile meat.
This post should probably actually be called "Why Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre is the best place to visit" but that is much less catchy!
So I actually ate crocodile as part of a platter of Australian meats, damper (a type of bread) and dips, this included crocodile meat, emu sausage and kangaroo. I must also note this was long before I became vegetarian.
I will just quickly summarise each meat though:
Kangaroo - pretty tasty, a texture like pulled pork
Emu Sausage - again pretty good, chorizo textured sausage, this one had been spiced too
Crocodile - very tough, wouldn't recommend, but is fun to say I've eaten some
I have since checked the menu at the café of Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre and they don't appear to offer his anymore, but this shouldn't put you off visiting still as they have so much more to offer than just the food.
First off, the entry to Narana was free (!!!) I couldn't believe it either, which is insane when I tell you all the thing they have to do here.
They are a not-for-profit organisation, which focus on educating visitors on Aboriginal Culture. There is an amazing art gallery on site with pieces by local artists, and most are available to buy and for a reasonable price too! I may have considered buying some if it wasn't for the issue of transporting it halfway across the world.
We spend about $5 in total (not including food in the café or souvenirs in the gift shop)
$2 on a bag of animal food.
There are Emu, Kangaroo and Wallabies just roaming around the park, you can just approach them (or they will definitely come to you too) to pet and feed. Unlike so many other animal feeding/petting experienced, you aren't pushed for time ot required to queue first, there also didn't seem to be too many people in the centre itself, even though it covers such a large area.
$3 to rent a boomerang
This was an unexpected experience but within the centre they also had a large area sectioned off just for flying boomerangs, and a shelter for any spectators. Safe to say that not a single person in my group could throw their boomerang until it came back, but it was still fun trying.
This places easily makes it into my top 5 places to visit in Geelong (probably in the whole of Melbourne too actually!)