We'll be the first to admit it, with the storm rising outside we're currently insanely jealous of our pals who are living Down under at the minute, enjoying the height of the summer.
But, everywhere has its problems, and at least we're highly unlikely to ever come across one like this.
Swimmers at a public pool in north-west Queensland got quite the shock this weekend as they discovered some company in the water, namely a family of baby freshwater crocodiles.
Shortly after the pool opened this morning the incredible find was discovered by a man getting his early laps in. According to ABC News, he then alerted the manager Brian Rodriquez, saying:"Brian I don't mean to alarm you but I think there's a crocodile in the pool".
He told the news station; "We got everyone out of the water and we ended up finding five baby crocs swimming around.
"Then we found another two wandering around on the concrete after that as well."
A while later two more crocodiles were found in the complex, taking the total to nine.
Mr Rodriquez said: "They're probably between 25 and 30 centimetres, so they're not huge - probably a ruler length."
"But when there became more and more I thought wow - has someone played a prank or is their mummy around, or daddy around?'
"From what I can see they all seem to be okay and healthy.
"We took our turtles out of our tank that we have here at the pool and we put them in the water there for them to be a little bit nicer than ... the chlorinated water that they've been swimming around in."
The pool managers are now reviewing CCTV footage to see if they can find out how the crocodiles came to be swimming laps in their pool, while the baby crocodiles will be handed over to authorities to be released back into the wild.
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