Mike Macgirvin
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Friday, May 16 2008, 09:31 pm
Sep 18, 2007
The novelty is wearing off

As an American import, the first time I actually saw a kangaroo in the wild was novel and interesting. Even the second time. Then they started showing up as roadkill. Now the novelty has begun to wear off. Just another roo. No big deal. Just like the wombats before that.

But there's a lot of novelty and interesting stuff left in this land. The weather is warming up. Time for the snakes to come out...  

Categories: Australia
Comments:

peonyden (Denis Wilson)
September 20, 2007 22:19
peonyden
Hi Mike Mostly I see Wombats (as road kill). I seldom see Kangaroos around Robertson, but sometimes down in the scrub on the Sandstone (the Eucalypt forest, not the rainforest) one will see the large Grey Kangaroos. In the rainforest, and also in wet gullies in the Eucalypt forest, you might see small, dark "Swamp Wallabies". I am not familiar with what you might see down on the coast area, doing the run to and from Wollongong. I would not expect Kangaroos there - but perhaps on the flat, below Macquarie Pass. Unfortunately, it has been peak season for Wombat "road kills", recently. Breeding season brings them out to travel, looking for a mate. Ironically, Kangaroos as road kill are prolific around Canberra (my home town). Something to do with being the "national symbol" perhaps? Denis

sabuffy (Leanne)
September 24, 2007 15:05
sabuffy
Did a quick trip down the Hume Hwy to Melbourne on the weekend...havent seen so much road kill in a very long time. Guess all the skippy's are out looking for water and unfortunately found the busy hwy instead. :(

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