Put Your Dukes Up

He was staring at me . I could tell he was considering a confrontation. I got so excited I couldn’t unzip my back pack to get my camera out. Finally we were face to face with a big Kangaroo, plus he wanted a fight. He no doubt couldn’t see I was just a person as my hat was so big I looked like a different species. We stood completely still hoping he would come closer. He did and paused for a little bit. I started to take pics. 

He suddenly twigged we were people and hopped around us. A family watched the interaction and told me they thought he wanted a fight with me. After almost 4 weeks (of trying) this was our first fully grown kangaroo citing we had had outside of the zoo. I got 2 slightly blurry pics and one video poorly shot as I was too excited. Rats. People here are bored with kangaroos. At home our roadkill is squirrels and raccoons. Here roadkill is kangaroos. There are plenty of them (so they say). We are now in Jarvis Bay and this place is incredible. 



The bay is loaded with some 200 dolphins and one of the world's largest varieties of fish. Hundreds of whales also spend the winter here hunting a favourite treat. A colony of 13,000 penguins hang out on a point and the national park nearby is considered a treasure. The beaches are white sand and the water is a clear blue. Doug wants to come back next year….hmmmm. Tomorrow we are onto Sydney.