[Mishmash] Kangaroo & Davids pics

[Fred Atkinson]

David, 

     I imagine that you didn't get too close to them.  

     Regards, 



                                          Fred 

--- djbrown at tpg.com.au wrote:

From: "David Brown" <djbrown at tpg.com.au>
To: "'Mishmash'" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Kangaroo & Davids pics
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:11:38 +1100

Wow Ingrid, you found one of the gems of the south coast.  Pebbly Beach is a
real treasure.  When my daughter was little, we went down there for a day.
She was feeding Grey Kangaroos slices of bread.  As she became gamer she
started to hold the slices higher and higher to make them reach up.  One got
jack of this and put his hands on her shoulders.  It was a hoot.  They are
very familiar with people though.

 

There used to be a goanna there.  He was huge, like about 2 metres.  When he
walked down the path, people stepped aside.  Me too J

 

Cheers

 

David

 

From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net [mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net]
On Behalf Of Ingrid & Eric Holzman
Sent: Thursday, 8 February 2007 6:29 AM
To: Mishmash
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Kangaroo & Davids pics

 

When Eric and I were on our honeymoon in Australia, we camped at Pebbly
Beach State Park.  There were kangaroos everywhere.  One night just after we
went to sleep in our tent, I heard this strange sound. I unzipped the inside
portion of the front door and there, in the vestibule area, was a kangaroo
nestling in for the night.  He/She was cleaning him/herself.  The only thing
between me and it was a thin sheet of meshlike material.  I wasn't scared.
As a matter of fact, I started laughing so hard I scared it away.  The
following morning Eric tried to eat his cornflakes and found the only place
high enough to keep the bowl from the kangaroos wanting some, was the top of
our rental car.  They were fun and definitely made our trip very enjoyable.
Granted, I'm sure these were very tame and not the norm, but I liken them to
deer.  They don't generally attack, to my knowledge, unless probably
provoked or protecting their young.

 

Ingrid



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