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!