Our family has been having an amazing time at the Baptist Camp in Serpentine over the past few days. Pauline and I have been camp mum and dad. Emily and James have been campers.
I left the campsite to head to work quite early this morning and as I drove towards the gate I noticed I was being watched. There was a very large kangaroo having breakfast on the sports oval.
The roo was looking directly at me. I stopped to watch him for a while. He watched me a little longer before bounding off, followed by another, smaller, kangaroo that I hadn’t spotted earlier.
I’m glad they headed off. I might have just sat and watched them for the rest of the day if they’d stayed there.
I know that they’re not suited to suburban back yards so I’ll never be able to have a kangaroo as a pet but they really are majestic animals. Being able to see roos so close to suburbia is just another reason that I love living in Australia.
Let me share with you my Kangaroo story from when I visited Tennessee! We were at a petting zoo that had a Red Kangaroo. He was extremely friendly and people were reaching and petting him which he seemed to enjoy. I did as well. When I tried pulling my hand away he grabbed my arm and pulled it in to rub his chest and would lean his head back. It took about 10 minutes before I could finally get my arm away, LOL! That was pretty freaky, that Kangaroo was too friendly!
We petted them at Whiteman park, very cute and soft.
Very curious animals with a lovely nature, some of them.
Kangaroos are a cool example of God’s creation, but boy do some of them have strong personalities! I like the greys, but have never been close to a red (and don’t intent to!!!)
If you like roos, come up to Buntine. There are heaps of them up there….TOO many really!