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about croxroc


Hi croxroc® Family! (crocs-rock)

My name is Patrick Evans and I am the creator of croxroc®.

croxroc® is a story I wanted to create that would use animals from Australia to create a kids music band. The first thing that came to my mind was crocodiles and guitars, then it grew from there into "7 Aussie mates" that would be friends forever! (including one that is imaginary)

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deep water bend


Once I had the 7 characters for the story, I wanted to make up a name for their town (where they lived and had adventures). After much time mixing and matching words together, there was one sure thing it had to contain, water, something every animal lives for. Eventually I arrived at 'Deep Water Bend' descriptive of a river full of life and winding through life; just like a river community.

Once the town name was created, I used Google Maps to look for a place with a similar name. To my surprise, there was a Deep Water Bend just 30 minutes away from where I was living at the time... I couldn't believe it! So I grabbed my car keys and ran out the door, yelling to my wife "I'll be right back". When I arrived, this is what I saw...



Actual photos from within Deep Water Bend - Nature Reserve
(Located about 30 minutes drive north of the Brisbane City, QLD Australia)

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Entrance at Wyampa Rd, Bald Hills. Via Gympie Road or M1.
Entrance at Wyampa Rd, Bald Hills. Via Gympie Road or M1.
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Fish cleaning station, Pine Rivers Bridge over Bruce Hwy - the white line in the distance.
Fish cleaning station.
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Play ground for the kids and big kids.
Play ground for the kids and big kids.
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Shoreline up from the boat launch. Habitat to many local animals, see the palican?
Habitat to many local animals, see the pelican?
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Dence shrub and bushland, see how much of it is pressed down? The local animals frequent this area.
Local animals visit, pressing grass flat.
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Main Bend in the river.
Main Bend in the river.
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These locals will often startle visitors,they are often underwater for long periods of time and then will break the surface and be back down again. Leaving many to question what caused the water to break.
These locals fish too, but under water.
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One of many raised platforms created to allow visitors access to otherwise inaccessable marsh.
Raised platforms for marsh access.
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Thriving bush along the shore.
Thriving bush along the shore.
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A hollowed out tree! it looks like a doorway, I wonder if CJ lives there?
"it looks like a doorway" I wonder if CJ lives there?
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This area, like many others, are close to roads and footpaths. Always a chance to see wild life.
Always a chance to see wild life.
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Two complete tree lines from different types of trees, surrounding the clearing. A great place to put up a tent!
Two tree types, surrounding a clearing.
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Boat and Car parking, tables and BBQ's for longer stays.
Boat and Car parking, tables and BBQ's.
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Over time, errosion can change the course of the river and make it look a lot different.
Common erosion along the shoreline.
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A poster showing likely birds in the area.
Poster showing birds in the area.
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More info...
More info...
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Felled trees for clearing or habbitat creation-over time.
Felled trees for clearing or habitat creation.
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Beautiful and mysterious areas inaccessable, promoting wild life.
Beautiful and inaccessible areas, promoting wild life.
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A view of Deep Water Bends main area and boat launch.
Deep Water Bends main area and boat launch.
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Beautiful bashland everywhere along the banks!
Beautiful bash land everywhere along the banks!
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Fishing and boat acces.
Fishing and boat access.
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All kinds of plant life thrive here.
All kinds of plant life thrive here.
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Another clearing, posible living area for some of the crew!
Another clearing, possible home for croxroc crew!
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Plants and marsh, colours and contrast, textures and softness!
Plants and marsh, colours and contrast, textures and softness!
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A recent descalling.
You still need to bring your things to fish.
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Great spaces, the ground looks soft enough for the Bulli to sleep on!
Ground looks soft enough for Bulli to sleep on!
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Eroding sands means root systems are revealed to show hidden works of natures art!
Exposed root system, natures hidden works of art!
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Step access to the water line for a closer fishing experiance.
Access to a closer fishing experience.
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Another BBQ area and Dunny facilities! What a relief!
Another BBQ spot, Dunny facilities (toilet) phew!
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Map of the Ecosystems and overall facilities.
Map of the Ecosystems and facilities.
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Boat launch.
Boat launch.
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Low traffic and human activity means more fish, yippy!
Low human activity means more fish, yippy!
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End of a long day? Time for a sleep mr pelican.
A long day? Time for a sleep.
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Some trees look older than my great grandfather!
Some trees look very majestic.
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Just beautiful!
Just beautiful!
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more of natures art works on display.
more natural art works on display.
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You can always spot a wild turkey around these parts.
You can always spot a wild turkey.
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Info on not only the wild life, but when you are likely to see it during the year.
Likely wild life sightings and when.
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Another area, with heavy bush and signs of heavy animal traffic.
Another sign of frequent animal traffic.
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More places to sit, you could just bring a picnic blanket and enjoy the shaded grass areas.
More places to sit.
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more raised platforms, throughout the location.
Raised platforms throughout.
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Given the heavy animal traffic, you are likely to see wild life grazing in the bush. See the kangaroo!
See the kangaroo grazing?
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Bankment across the water, untapped fishing where branches hang over the water.
Remote embankments dence bushland.
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Well kept areas, be sure to come and visit.
Well kept areas, be sure to come and visit.
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Beautiful!
Beautiful!
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I am just waiting to see a croxroc® crew member pop out!
Waiting to see a croxroc® crew member!
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Come on down and go fishing, or catch a sighting, or just have a walk in the crispness of a morning.
Fishing, Sighting, Walking, come on down!
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Access road through the bush.
Access road through the bush.


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where is croxroc heading


While colouring in books were first made available through www.amazon.com, I went on to include music and sing-along videos, even digital nft's (ask mum or dad about those).

    To see the books, go here, the books page.
    To see the sing-along videos, go here, the videos page.
    To listen to streaming music, go here, the music page.

Even though I had done much in progressing the content and making it available, I eventually decided to make a big change, and move everything from 2D to 3D. This, I was hoping, would help in the creation process, so I do not have to redraw any of the animals and what they were doing throughout the story.

I hope you like them!

Would you like to meet them?


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meet the croxroc crew


In their friend song here, they sing of being the best of friends, and they want you to be their friend too!

Crocodile Junior

the main character from the croxroc® stories

His friends call him CJ


CJ is the main character in the story of croxroc. He is very young and very adventurous, but not as young as his brother!
He loves to see everything around him and when he is with his friends, he loves to play pretend.

CJ is also an Australian Saltwater Croc!

Bebee

a girl koala, the first to be friends with CJ.

Bebee or BB!


Bebee is one of the first friends that CJ meets at Deep Water Bend.
She is a very beautiful young girl that lives and sleeps in Gum trees. She loves rolling instead of running and her favourite colour is pink.

Bebee is a very cute and cuddly Australian Koala.

Bullion

Bullion the cowboy

Bulli is short for Bullion


Bulli likes his place, fields of grass and endless water supply. Life couldn't get much better; that is, until he joins the croxroc® crew!



Bulli is an Australian Holstein's Farm Cow, because Bulli is a boy cow he is referred to as a steer or a bull; Bulli!

Bubbles

Bubz, baby brother of CJ

CJ likes to call him Bubz!


Bubz is born in the first of the stories, and does not talk much, okay, he doesn't talk at all. But he sure looks cute in his egg-shell nappy!

Bubz is CJ's baby brother, so he is also an Australian Saltwater Croc! (just a really small one)

Marshall

Big Marshall or Big M

We all call him Big M


Marshall is really big for a bird, he towers over his parents, aunties, uncles and all of his cousins, which he has a lot of and they travel together a lot.
So everyone calls him Big M.

Even though the family move around a lot, they always return to Deep Water Bend. Sometimes Big M just stays and hangs with the others from the crew. His family love all the trees and bush there. They sit and talk all day, or yell, it gets a bit much for the neighbours; it can get very noisy.

Big M is an Australian Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, with a beautiful coat of snow-white feathers, highlighted with rich and solid yellow feathers on his head and under his tail and wings.

Red

Red the dog in this story

Just Red


Red is the name he got from the crew because his furry coat is always covered in Australian red dirt, which is surprising it stays on him when he never slows down, running around, zigging and zagging, rolling and jumping. He loves to hang with his friends and especially loves to visit everyone else at their home.

Red is an Australian Kelpie, we're just not sure if he is an Australian Red Kelpie under all that dirt? woof!

Dusty

Dusty is a magical unicorn and best mates with CJ

This is Dusty


Dusty is a little magical unicorn that sometimes pops around to visit CJ and the crew.

Dusty likes to take the crew on journeys through time and space, even to race around the moon!

She is an Australian Stock Horse, but with a magical horn, mane and tail that help magical things happen!

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where is Deep Water Bend


Use the map to see how far you live from Deep Water Bend!
You can even click on the terrain icon to see a birds-eye view of what it looked like recently. Bottom left square image, floating on the map.