tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post301059983848190704..comments2023-10-20T00:52:07.138+10:30Comments on Set The Tempo: Busting Australian MythsTempohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023337124226272532noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-28557163068903898022011-07-08T03:40:38.923+09:302011-07-08T03:40:38.923+09:30Great! Now I won't be content until I've h...Great! Now I won't be content until I've had a 'roo for a pet! They sound wonderful except for the males and being a female myself I wouldn't want a male beating up my friends all the time :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097490501209800455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-9497122367064472482011-07-02T20:41:15.825+09:302011-07-02T20:41:15.825+09:30Hi Starry, I'm in Whyalla, central South Austr...Hi Starry, I'm in Whyalla, central South Australia, although we are around 30,000 people it's not that uncommon to see Roos around the fringes of the town late at night. Just today a small female hopped across the road in from of us just 10km from town at lunchtime. We still have quite a few about...and we love it.<br />Im also a Geocacher and we decorated a tree far into the bush with glitter, ribbons etc as a 'Fairy Land' theme for my grand daughters first cache. The Roos promptly moved in and live under that tree only since we did the work. I love that they decided the fairy land theme suited them just fine. :-)Tempohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023337124226272532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-74943983522155503682011-07-02T17:39:04.210+09:302011-07-02T17:39:04.210+09:30as an Australian with many American friends, I spe...as an Australian with many American friends, I spend my life trying to assure them that the average Aussie doesn't see kangaroos in their suburban setting. Then I remember the time a kangaroo raced my schoolbus down the street, and the local rangers had to come and catch a kangaroo that was swimming in the canal in the posh section of town. I try to resist sharing these stories as they'd undermine all the work!Starryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206613832444557494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-68096010377772372962011-07-02T14:30:50.322+09:302011-07-02T14:30:50.322+09:30You'd love them Pearl, soft fur, big soft eyes...You'd love them Pearl, soft fur, big soft eyes and an agreeable disposition... and yes they really cant move backward, cant even walk backward.<br /><br />@Neo, It's very interesting how the rest of the world see them, I remember that Disney cartoon where a Kangaroo was mistaken for a mouse and kicked the stuffing out of Sylvester, I'm guessing that's where most people were first exposed to the Roo.<br /><br />@Windsmoke, Yes, you're right, I was lucky to have kept the upper hand with this one. He got more and more agitated trying to hop around in circles to catch me. By the time I got rid of him he was grunting and threatening loudly. (As you know they have to be really pissed to do that)<br /><br />Hi AV, I was hoping no one opened the loo until the next day, long after he'd cooled his heals.Tempohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023337124226272532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-7312471730675267442011-07-02T10:56:56.347+09:302011-07-02T10:56:56.347+09:30As for the 'next guy' ah, he wouldn't ...As for the 'next guy' ah, he wouldn't have needed a laxative.<br /><br />AVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-33173643627900541362011-07-02T07:39:37.073+09:302011-07-02T07:39:37.073+09:30You were lucky the Kangaroo didn't rip open yo...You were lucky the Kangaroo didn't rip open your belly with its hind legs because this is the part of the body they attack first in a fight. Being dragged around backwards by your tail for an hour then locked in a toilet makes for a really cranky Kangaroo :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-47786200172511998722011-07-02T00:12:59.074+09:302011-07-02T00:12:59.074+09:30very interesting, like Sylvester, I see them as la...very interesting, like Sylvester, I see them as large mice and try not to get kicked.... <br />great read!Neohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16739762694942621947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-74108158921630676522011-07-01T23:36:37.541+09:302011-07-01T23:36:37.541+09:30What?!!! They can't go backwards? That seems...What?!!! They can't go backwards? That seems like a joke, but I guess with legs like that...<br /><br />I know nothing about kangaroos. To this Minnesotan, they look like a combination of a deer and a rabbit. I would love to see one some day.<br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-22790648713630981842011-07-01T18:02:11.125+09:302011-07-01T18:02:11.125+09:30Hi Mags, They're great animals aren't they...Hi Mags, They're great animals aren't they, I think that's why the push to use them as meat didn't work... no one wants to eat a friend. <br />@Symdaddy, Typical isn't it... everyone's a critic. Were you playing that badly?Tempohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023337124226272532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-26632883760905274492011-07-01T16:57:04.886+09:302011-07-01T16:57:04.886+09:30Funnily enough, whilst on holiday in Australia som...Funnily enough, whilst on holiday in Australia some years ago I was attacked by a large red roo. <br /><br />I was on a golf course near Noosa when the thing bounced out of the tree line and spent an energetic minute kicking seven bells out of my golf bag before disappearing back into the trees.<br /><br />I discovered just how fast I could run that day.Symdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953255546935904450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915802695401210134.post-13085485640935437252011-07-01T16:45:45.290+09:302011-07-01T16:45:45.290+09:30Hi Tempo,
I also love the kangaroo, not too many A...Hi Tempo,<br />I also love the kangaroo, not too many Aussies that don't. I am jealous you have been able to have a roo around, I would of loved to have had a roo for a pet.<br /><br />I had to laugh at the thought of the next person opening the toilet door, that would of been one mad kangaroo to deal with, and a hell of a shock for the person as well. LOL.Mags118https://www.blogger.com/profile/02113829653848156631noreply@blogger.com