A Cavalcade Of Kangaroos
(Left): A Carnarvon Gorge kangaroo gets bolder as the day grows long.
The Carnarvon kangaroos were very skittish earlier in the afternoon, far upstream of the Visitor's center, but as I descended the Gorge, and the afternoon got longer, they seemed to get more numerous and more relaxed, until at the bottom, they were almost tame.
Left: This roo looks more like a wallaby than a kangaroo.
Yummy grass is to be found on the lawn at the Carnarvon Gorge National Park Visitors' Center.
Left: I tried, but failed, to pet this kangaroo.
Tamer kangaroos are to be found at the Australia Zoo.
Australia Zoo baby.
Left: Girraween National Park kangaroos. The big one was fretful and suspicious of my intentions.
Left: At Lake Wivenhoe, near Fernvale, Thursday evening, Andrew and I saw a wonderful sight: a mother kangaroo, with a joey poking up out of her pouch (left). The mother kangaroo was trapped between us and a fence, or so we thought, until she decided to leave. From a dead stop, she simply jumped OVER the fence, baby and all, with plenty of room to spare, and bounded away into the forest to join the other kangaroo!
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