Australia Zoo - Roo Beauts

There were two types of Kangaroo in Australia Zoo, Red Roos and Grey Roos. The red ones are bigger (and better) than the grey ones…but they both bounce. The first area we walked through was the Grey Kangaroo zone, where we had our first chance to get up close and personal with Australia’s most iconic animal. Admittedly, at first we couldn’t see any and felt really short changed (well, we saw one but it was being hogged by a selfish family) and as we were walking towards the exit of the area we came upon around 10 roos just chilling in the shade, rolling in mud, and calmly tolerating little children (and us) stroking their super soft fur (imagine patting a koala…but way softer). Nicola said it was even softer than a cat…I’d agree, it was surprisingly soft. We even saw a kangaroo bouncing (you may think it obvious to see one bounce, but trust us, due to the he of the day most of them were sat around or they moved in a slow crawl type shuffle).

     

 

 

In a separate area of the zoo, we walked through the Red Roo pen and (much like the above) discovered a large number chilling in the shade, and rolling in the dirt. One became so comfy around us/oblivious to us, that he stood up and spent an age scratching himself not even a metre from us…