How often do people who live in Australia see kangaroos?

Question

Ex.) If they are driving down the road or walking to school would they see a kangaroo?

Answer 1

LOL the first answer is so stupid. I live in the city, and I never see them, however I have a country house in country victoria and I see them a fair bit. On my property they jump around in the hills and run away when I get close. I see them in packs of around 5-15 or alone. theyre cute!

Answer 2

I live 15 kms from Melbourne & often see kangaroos in the large parkland areas. I saw some 6 days ago, & even cooked kangaroo sausages for dinner 2 nights ago. Unfortunately we hit & killed an Eastern grey over Easter on the way up to Queensland.

Since the arrivals of humans, especially Europeans with their pasture farming techniques, the kangaroo population has exploded & we now have many times more kangaroos than the environment can cope with, even with regular culling & road kill.

Answer 3

It depends on where you live...

Where I used to live in Exmouth WA you would see kangaroos most days especially if you drove by the golf course at dusk. We saw emu's every day as they would bring their babies into town to eat the dates that fell off the date palms that lined the streets and they would also visit the houses around town they knew had people that would feed them! I had about 10 on my front lawn one day.

But in the cities hardly any wildlife would venture into them and more and more land is being cleared for housing, pushing the wildlife further out or killing it. Very sad really. Where I live at the moment, there is a strip of land between my suburb and the city and I see 'roo's in there quite often but at a distance.

The worst place to see a roo is when you are driving...I saw more dead roo's up north than live ones I think. And more damaged cars and hurt people! When rain comes and the water pools at the sides of the road, you have to be really careful as the roo's, emu's, cattle and sheep all congregate there and it is more likely that you will hit one in the wet as opposed to the dry season. Scary as some of the roo's are HUGE and can smash the entire front of your car in or even go through your windscreen and do damage to the people inside with their large claws.

Answer 4

In the city and inner suburbs, almost no chance to see wild kangaroo hopping around. I have seen twice while I was in Tasmania regional area. But never in big cities, unless you go to the zoo :-)

But, snakes and spiders are common. A neighbor caught a snake in the backyard just a couple of month ago. He called it carpet snake, not poisonous he claimed. But I am not knowledgeable enough about snakes, so I take his words for it.

It is also common to see spiders, some can be poisonous in the backyard. That is what you should beware of.

Answer 5

I'm originally from the U.S. and currently living in Sydney. I've never seen a kangaroo just hopping around the city. If you live out in the country/outback they're more common, and sometimes you do hear of them getting hit by cars, just as you'd hear of deer getting hit in the states. But no, you're not going to see them hopping all over the place in residential areas.

Answer 6

It does very much depend on where you live. I live in a suburb of Melbourne called Warrandyte (plenty of trees and the yarra river but only about 20kms from the city). I probably see kangaroos about once a week, a little group of them on a hill in a horse paddock. But yes unfortunately i often see them squished on the side of the road and pity the person who hit them (they do a lottt of damage to a car).
I friend of ours was riding a push bike and was flying down a hill when a kangaroo jumped out in front of him.....needless to say he came off second best....lots of bruises and breaks.

Answer 7

I see them everyday but only because I drive between towns to go to work. I hit one three weeks ago on the way home - stupid animal! Not pleasant! It came out of nowhere and there is NO WAY I could avoid it. Lucky for me it was more of a "swipe" and only broke the cover of one of my headlights. Could have been worse (an average damage bill to cars hitting a roo is about $1000) - I am VERY lucky.

Sorry, digressing a bit here.

No - you won't see it in cities and town and suburban areas. You might see some in the residential areas that is the outer edges of the suburbs. But very rare and mostly at night to dawn.

Answer 8

I live in Perth and i see them every few days or so when i take a drive up the Perth hills!!!

One jumped in front of me scared the bjesus out of me!!

My husband also was on a bike ride with his mates and a guy hit one on his motorbike, he went skidding at least one hundred metres and the roo died! Poor thing!! The guy was ok though, just a little upset that they didn't get the roo's number plate and insurance details!!! LOL!!

When i lived in Kalgoorlie when i was in school we would see them all the time down the main street!!
And my friends mum cares for joey's when their mothers have died.

Answer 9

It depends on where you live. You won't see them in the centre of cities but Canberra gets a lot in the suburbs particularly during droughts. They come in to eat the lawns. Some suburban golf courses have a few. I live in country NSW and see them regularly and get them in my back yard occasionally. The come over from the golf course across the road.

Answer 10

In the city I have never seen a kangaroo

I have seen kangaroo at zoo