Kangaroo! A real one.... <.< ....

And here it is! We've finally been able to get a picture of a real kangaroo and this big boy was up close and personal. We were on our way to the barbie, but instead of arriving early, we took a long walk around the block. The trip had mostly just afforded us the opportunity to see many parrots and ants (a ton of ants, big ones too, called Bull Ants). But as we rounded 3/4 of our trip, I saw what looked like a very large statue or carving in someone's front yard, so I kept walking.... then I noticed that it moved.... and there he was! Grabbing his evening tucker (meal/snack) in a residents lawn. We were able to cross the street and get about 20 metres from him to snap these off. Unfortunately, we didn't have the big camera and only had our cell phones, so these aren't the highest quality of images, but as you can see, he's a beautiful boy! While he was eating, he would occasionally slide his arms between his legs toward his tail... almost looked like he was stretching. Then he would place his arms on the ground and arch his back, then move his hind legs forward and move more upright as seen in the pics. We haven't seen any around Melbourne yet, but then again, we've mostly been right around the city. This place was in the more suburb area of Canberra. The people we were visiting confirmed that if you take a short drive about 3 blocks down, you could see so many of them. So apparantly this guy wanted a more secluded meal with a view (of the humans of course haha). Well, hope you've enjoyed! Ta for now!