How's this for weird?

In over 40 years of driving all over this big brown land, I've never hit a roo, or anything for that matter, perhaps a Blue Tongue and a couple of snakes, but never a roo.

Haven't even come close.

So this morning I'm driving home from Sydney at around 4am, I'm less than 15 minutes from the CBD of the most populous city in the country, on Eastern Valley Way between Middle Cove and Castle Cove, when out of nowhere a roo, or at least a dirty great Wallaby appears out of nowhere in front of me. 

I jumped on the anchors and just missed the him.

I see them all the time at the back of my place over on the northern beaches, but that's the first time I've seen them that close to the city.

Its not the ones jumping on the road you want to watch out for...its the ones jumping out of your closet with a ball gag that are the real danger

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Tux said...
Its not the ones jumping on the road you want to watch out for...its the ones jumping out of your closet with a ball gag that are the real danger

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hahahaha geez

Obs we are getting the same over here now that the urban sprawl is on big time - they've even put "wildlife tunnels" in the freeway south I see and fencing too ... close call phewww

Come on obct you live in Australia what do you expect
Glad it all worked out well for both.
On the Roos,those yanks still think we keep them as pets

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62mac said...

On the Roos,those yanks still think we keep them as pets

What!!! are you saying you don't have a pet Roo

That's just unAustralian mac

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That'll get the the sepo lurkers think'n

Well we had a slow week and the troops were hungry

lucky roo....i have taken two out in 3 months. makes the truck shudder. then i watch the crows eating the left overs on the way back the next day. made me sad both times. wish the roo was wearing lycra. at least hen it was a cycling wanker roo

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chrispychru said...
lucky roo....i have taken two out in 3 months. makes the truck shudder. then i watch the crows eating the left overs on the way back the next day. made me sad both times. wish the roo was wearing lycra. at least hen it was a cycling wanker roo

If he was holding a paddle it would be even better.

in lycra with a paddle!

obct, probably a big wallaby. They usually have a dark brown tail and feet... those are the common ones through that part.

I had one roo strike in 20 years driving. 100km/hr, truck was coming the other way at night so visibility was bad. Saw nothing but truck lights then, then one silhouette image of a big roo, then Bang, one mangled falcon. Did not see it move at all, could not find the body. Lucky I did not veer into the path of the truck. 14 years ago, remember it like it was just now.

Bloke hit one in front of me coming into Kempsey on the breezers trip, lucky his car had the full bar around it. He looked a bit rattled when I stopped but car and him were okay, Roo was gone.