Kangaroos are as stupid as Rabbits [Edit]

Which is why I hit one last night. And before anyone assumes I was driving too fast I can honestly deny you the pleasure..

We were driving at night making our way up further North and were already aware that there were loads of 'roos about 'cos we had seen a few. We came up to this big dude on the left, facing away from the road, so I thought he was cool, just taking a chill pill as they all seem to be doing at that time of night. Just when it was too late he turned around, and I changed my mind about his chilling tactics as he looked at us with panic in his eyes and skipped into the road. I hit the brakes and we skid, boshed the 'roo one with a nice big bang and he bounced off the car (as they do, I suppose) and hit the road laid down sideways. At that point, I thought 'Shit! I killed a 'roo!' but he scraped himself off the floor and bounced off into the night. Mike then said he heard the light smash and we got out to see a busted left front light and dented bonnet, which sucks, 'cos technically we were still driving (although a long way from) the garage where we had just had the car fixed, and I joked that the car was about to be in perfect working order for the 1st time since we'd hired it.

So that's my 'roo boshing story. We're proper Aussie now..

We have a nice piccy of the offending animal traveling carwards just before the smash (thanks Mike..) so I will post that up soon.