It was made by Waratah Film Productions a short lived company that came out of an unsuccessful attempt to gain a third commercial television licence.
In the highlands of Papua New Guinea, a young Australian patrol officer leads his party to search for the survivors of a plane crash near the Indonesian border.
Two divers, Snow and Frank, are commissioned by a steel company to survey the sands of a section of the Great Barrier Reef for limestone.
The plans go astray when three American female tourists arrive in Arnhem Land to record the mating call of the crocodile.
Detective Sgt Hamilton is sent to Papua New Guinea to escort the witness to a murder in Sydney years ago by a gangster called Benson.
The story of coast watcher Arthur Reginald Evans, who helped save the lives of John F. Kennedy and the PT 109 crew after their boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer in the Bracket Strait.
Five episodes were shot in New Guinea – "The Rivals", "Uncontrolled Territory", "The Rescue", "The Witness", and "Silver Backed Brushes".
[21] Gwen Plumb wrote in her memoirs that "Crocodile" was shot in 1961 in East Arnhem Land, 200 km (120 mi) from Darwin.
Plumb wrote "we were told it was a rich man's safari camp where brave sportsmen from all over the world, and particularly America, shot crocodiles, water buffaloes, kangaroos - anything that moved.
[8] The episode titled "Adventure Unlimited" was reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald by Kylie Tennant who said "besides being dull it was slow".