Every visitor to Australia wants to see kangaroos, and we’re no exception. And Bundaberg Marina is a great place to start. There are kangaroos grazing at the head of our jetty most mornings and a herd of a dozen or so live in and around the local Burnett Heads community. Here are a few pictures of local roos:

 

 

 

And here, in a more ‘natural’ setting in a local National Park, with one on the right caught in mid-bounce:

 

 

These are all eastern greys Macropus giganteus which have actually increased in number since the arrival of Europeans as they like short grassland – there are estimated to be about 11 million in Australia today. They are the second biggest kangaroo, weighing up to 95kg and standing over 2m tall, and able to travel at over 60km per hour.

Kangaroos leave a very distinctive footprint as seen on a local beach: