Originally Posted by Thylacine
Man, you only have to go 15kms out of the CBD here in Melb along any of the trails at dawn or dusk and you'll be cruizing past 'Roos. I've seen Kangaroos at Westerfolds Park and heck, even a Wallaby and an Echidna in Keilor of all places.
Nature will find a way, as they say.
Oh, hey, shouldn't there be some compulsory road bike stuff in this thread soon? I was riding my mountainbike when I saw the 'Roos, so that doesn't count.
when i lived in perth i was in northern districts club. crit on sunday morn at joondalup (a satelite city about 30km north of cdb). a roo split the bunch. admitedly small bunch of about 20 riders. i reckon the roo was about 180cm. no one was was hit - just amazing.
not quite the same, but going under toorak road underpass (gardiners ck trail) at about 11pm after work one night, I nearly cut a fox in 2. it shot up a stormwater pipe in the abutment like a... well, like a fox up a drain pipe. that is about 8km from cbd.
and i have lost count of the number of rats i have run over in the dark. messy business, and about as funny as a hatfull of ar$eholes when you hit one on the bend.
BTW, i rode today along the river as much as possible. no roos, but plenty of ducks. a few times i was holding the bike over my head while i wades through hip high water. pretty insane stuff.
cheers