Today I went hiking in the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (not totally sure I spelled that correctly). It turns out Canberra is one of the best places to see Kangaroos, and that certainly proved to be the case. It was a fantastic day for hiking, nice and cool (although everyone from here complained about how cold it was).
The Kangaroos are really overpopulated I guess, and so the Australians aren't very impressed by them at all, but I thought they were really awesome. The trails we hiked were very well travelled so the Kangaroos seemed very docile and let us get up quite close.
Full disclosure: This was part of a date that I set up on the internet. The girl (Sarah) is very nice!
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| This guy was standing right on the path and wouldn't let us pass. |
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| I was maybe 10 feet away from this guy. We had a staring contest. I lost. |
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| Action shot. |
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Tidbinbilla Nature Preserve (this is where we were)
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Cute critters! I bet they don't know they are Aussie icons, though. Mom
ReplyDeleteThey were totally giving you the stare down! Watch out for 'em. Other than that, they're really cute! =)
ReplyDeleteApparently they make kangaroo jerky the same way people here make deer jerky. Something to keep in mind! Wow those guys can jump like a bunny.. but bigger.
ReplyDeleteHow exotic! That was really cool. Do the kangaroos make any noise? Even their jumping seemed pretty quiet. Are they dangerous?
ReplyDeleteI guess some of the bigger ones can rip your guts out like a Velociraptor, but these didn't seem too bad... but that's why I was a bit wary of them.
ReplyDeleteThey do sorta move like raptors. Maybe they're related. Or more likely, convergent evolution. But that's not as fun. I think next up you should pet some box jellyfish and wrestle with a crocodile. Cuz that's what a man would do.
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