Are there kangaroos on the streets of Australia?

Question

Like there are deer here in America?

Answer 1

As stated above occasionally they are on the streets of small country towns. Especially during drought when they're looking for food and water.

Normally, you only see them in the bush.
We don't have kangaroos jumping down our city streets.

Answer 2

Depends entirely where you are in Australia. My daughters car was damaged severely on the main street in a small town in Queensland when a roo came out of an ally at full speed and hit her car square in the passenger door. She has roos in her garden most days (lives just outside a rural center in mid NSW). The only roos I have seen in on the streets near Sydney where near the airport at Richmond, but they are present in many green zones around Sydney, and I suspect they get on the streets from time to time.
I have lived in the states, as well, and I would directly compare the deer population to the roo population by saying there are fewer deer, overall, in the states than there are roos in Australia, and you see a lot more roos every day than you will see deer. Like deer, there are areas in Australia where you will see very few roos, but I suspect that on any given day, there is nowhere in Australia where you would not be able to see them.
Roos are a bigger hazard than deer on the roads. While the deer may be a bit bigger, and can do a lot of damage to a car, the roos seem to be a bit less intelligent (not to say that deer are all that smart...) and they run into the sides of a lot of cars, not just in front of them.
Up to this point, I have not hit one yet, or been hit by one, but early in the morning and at dusk, and through the night, there are out and about.

Answer 3

Yes but like America...I am sure you don't have deer running down city streets as we don't have all that many 'roo's in our cities. Where I lived in the north of Western Australia you would see them in town occasionally...and the people on the outskirts of town would have them come and eat their grass. Emu's come into town all the time as they like the dates that they eat from the palms that line the streets. The males bring the babies in and when they grow up they bring their babies in...so town is full of them now. On the roads between towns in the country they are very dangerous. You see more road kill roo's than live ones sometimes...especially if it has been raining as the rain pools in the ditches near the roads and keeps the wildlife hanging around for the water and jumping in front of cars willy nilly. Seen a LOT of damaged cars and people and even a few deaths from hitting them while driving. I saw some roadkill where I am in Perth recently as there are farms around my area...which is near the freeway and a few roos still live around here. Must be a bit strange to city people not used to seeing wildlife on the roads...whereas I am used to them and watch out for them all the time due to the fact I lived in the country my whole life until last year.

Answer 4

I don't remember seeing Deer walking around in New York streets ... same thing applies here - you will NOT see a kangaroo hopping in city streets.

Answer 5

You won't see kangaroos in the centre of cities but you do see them in the outer suburbs and on golf courses. Canberra, the capital city, often has roos in the suburbs during droughts, they come in to eat peoples' lawns. They can be a menace at dusk and dawn on country roads and many get hit by cars and trucks. You will see them close to town in many country areas.

Answer 6

you dont see them around like cats and dogs but from time to time one will wonder on to the streets

Answer 7

I've never seen any. But you do come across them in the bush, along with wallabies.