We left home heading south, the first town was four hours away, our destination, eight hours. In places the road seems to go on forever. David (husband) was driving, I was looking for any photo opportunity that arose... "look out, look out" I shouted!! Two roos were going flat out heading straight for us. David slammed on the brakes and the roos sensed the urgency to get to the other side of the road. The last one stumbled, fur flying... I waited for the bang but he madly scrambled to his feet and took off with inches to spare between him and the car.
A little further down the road a snake pulled his head back just in time to miss the wheels of the car, he quickly retreated back where he came from. The wildlife we passed in those eight hours was quite incredible and I have driven on this road many many times before but today we saw emus, echidnas, brolgas, eagles... the list just goes on. I have never seen these beautiful kangaroos before. We have roos at our back door but not this variety, they are so pretty. (There's a baby in the pouch too).
Definitely beautiful :) Sounds like you had quite the adventure!
(I read a post by a wildlife rescuer recently that recommends honking your horn a few times and flashing your lights when you spot wildlife - modern cars are so quiet that they often don't hear them coming, and most of our creatures don't have great eyesight either. Of course, it only works if they don't dart out in front of you at the last second!)
@alia_801 That's a good practice in theory but not in reality, they come out of nowhere (I grew up in the country and still live in the country). Both the kangaroos and the snake were there before we knew it.
(I read a post by a wildlife rescuer recently that recommends honking your horn a few times and flashing your lights when you spot wildlife - modern cars are so quiet that they often don't hear them coming, and most of our creatures don't have great eyesight either. Of course, it only works if they don't dart out in front of you at the last second!)