Wendy and I took an all day tour from Melbourne to a local sanctuary.  This was our first spotting of the Kangaroos in the distance.  I was actually pretty far away so I had to zoom in with my long lens and they still appeared far off in the distance.  Still it was pretty exciting to see the animals.

    The animals in the sanctuary were wild and free too roam.

 I was still zooming in with my camera so I wasn't as close to this guy  as it appears.  Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.  In 2019, about 50 million kangaroos lived in Australia.  However, due to the forest fires in 2019, this number could be significantly lower although some of the Kangaroos could escape the forest fires by running away if they were able to find other sources of food. 

This guy looked at me and then started to hop away as I took a series of shots of him leaving the scene.  The comfortable hopping speed for a red kangaroo is about 20-25 km/h(12-16 mph) but speeds of us to 70 km/h (25 mph) can be attained over short distances.  

Kangaroos have different diets, depending on the species.  The eastern grey kangaroo is predominantly a grazer and eats a wide variety of grasses, while the red kangaroo include significant amounts of shrubs in their diets.   With out guide, we drove around to different areas in the preserve and then walked around looking for animals.  

Kangaroos are shy by nature and tend to run away from people in normal circumstances.  There are very few records of kangaroos attacking humans without provocation.   Finally, the two kangaroos ran off with the baby one taking one last look at us.