Friday, 16 March 2007

A Mob of Kangaroos


March 12th

We had our first al fresco barbeque this evening. Darren busied himself making aussie burgers (that's any burger actually formed in Australia, as far as I can see) while I laid out the picnic table and admired the charming kangaroos. I'm not sure whether they bite, so when this fella came a bit too close I shooed him away.

That was a mistake. He had big mates.

Just after I took this picture, eight large kangaroos surrounded our picnic table. They'd come looking for trouble. The table was hastily relocated inside the barbeque shed and we ate the burgers with one eye on the kangaroos.

Now I know why the collective noun is a "mob".

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