we are only 75 klms from sydney however we live at the foot of the blue mountains and there are tens of thousands of acres of national park around us, it is a great place to live, relatively close to where the work is and in the bush, we are on 46 acres at the end of a dead end street. we moved here a bit over 2 years ago and the roos were fairly nervous then, over that time they are getting more used to us and are a lot tamer, like you i enjoy them, i never fail to get a kick out of getting up in the morning and seeing them grazing around the house and they bring a bit of peace and serenity getting home after a long day and seeing them, some times there are none and other times there may be up to 20, i took those pics a few days ago, i came home in the middle of the day to pick up an excavator and we had some rain the night before, normally they feed morning and evening however when we have rain they seem to feed all day, im guessing it has something to do with the moisture level of the grass.It looks like you live in a nice spot, Pete. The 'roos are obviously quite tame. The 'roos all but dissappeared from here when the country was cleared, but over the last twenty odd years they have come back. We have a lot of scrub close to us and early morning or late evening they come out to feed in groups of anything from two to a dozen or more. I quite like a few 'roos around. After a day of 42C and strong northerly winds here, I am wondering if those photos are recent, or were they taken in winter. Do you have much problem with bushfires there?
Rn'R.
those critters are fascinating to me...how high/far do they jump? here in the states we have white tail deere EVERYWHERE..they can really jump too (i have seen one jump an 8 foot fence along the road with no run up) I bet them roo's can really fly
It looks like you live in a nice spot, Pete. The 'roos are obviously quite tame. The 'roos all but dissappeared from here when the country was cleared, but over the last twenty odd years they have come back. We have a lot of scrub close to us and early morning or late evening they come out to feed in groups of anything from two to a dozen or more. I quite like a few 'roos around. After a day of 42C and strong northerly winds here, I am wondering if those photos are recent, or were they taken in winter. Do you have much problem with bushfires there?
Rn'R.
2 fires today, one just north of sydney, was threatening some factories
however i think it is now under control, another about 10 kilometres from home, started about 2 this arvo fanned by a light nwesterly, about 5pm a strong southerly came through, the area is mostly made up of houses on 5 acres, 15 houses were under threat, 3 choppers dropping water, 100 firefighters on the ground with another 50 on the way,on the 6 oclock news they said some cars were destroyed and some sheds, no houses burnt yet, wind has dropped now so should be ok.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/fire-bears-down-on-homes/2009/01/15/1231608856664.htmlI have just been reading about them on the net, Pete. I hope you are safe there. You must be getting the heat and winds that we had on Tuesday. There was a bad fire at Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula, that destroyed three houses and two tuna fish factories. It's that time of the year again.
Keep us posted.
Rn'R.
2 fires today, one just north of sydney, was threatening some factories
however i think it is now under control, another about 10 kilometres from home, started about 2 this arvo fanned by a light nwesterly, about 5pm a strong southerly came through, the area is mostly made up of houses on 5 acres, 15 houses were under threat, 3 choppers dropping water, 100 firefighters on the ground with another 50 on the way,on the 6 oclock news they said some cars were destroyed and some sheds, no houses burnt yet, wind has dropped now so should be ok.