We were amused during a recent trip down the Newell Highway to see the Kangaroo warning signs to be obviously males of the species, a detail I had never noticed before. Certainly on the east coast the roos are girls.
At first Rip thought it was a local joke, but as we drove on, we assumed the signs might be exclusive to the Newell, and an inside joke by the construction mob.
Up till then, I had assumed that such signs were all the same. A google search showed me that this is not so, and although I did find a pic of a male roo, it seems the ones along the Newell are not as defined as this.
Aahhh, to have an eye for the finer things of life!
-- Edited by Benwerrin on Friday 6th of January 2012 10:41:59 AM
petengail said
10:47 AM Jan 6, 2012
Nuts to that lol
old briney said
04:29 PM Jan 6, 2012
3 Roo's hopping in the main st of Wellington on Tuesday NO warning signs
Happywanderer said
04:32 PM Jan 6, 2012
I will be looking for Kangaroo signs in my travels from now on, hadn't noticed there were different ones.
Gerty Dancer said
04:35 PM Jan 6, 2012
They hop down streets in Canberra very frequently if the number of roadkill roos is anything to go by. The damage done to a vehicle which hits one averages $3000 I believe, the big males would cause the worst but our roo warning signs show the girls . Not to mention how the poor roos feel about it.
jimricho said
06:01 PM Jan 6, 2012
believe it or not but many years ago I had a mate who had a tobacco pouch that was a tanned kangaroo scrotum!
Beth54 said
06:17 PM Jan 6, 2012
jimricho wrote:
believe it or not but many years ago I had a mate who had a tobacco pouch that was a tanned kangaroo scrotum!
I saw one of those on The Morning Show some time ago. Larry Emdur had given one to Kylie as a gift.
Beth54 said
06:22 PM Jan 6, 2012
A big buck roo hit our Kingswood many years ago...yes the Kingswood!
It dented the whole right hand side of the car and smashed the passenger window, showering glass on my baby girl, who is now 32. And hopped away! Hubby (now ex) didn't see it before, during or after the event! I saw it coming but it was too late. Can't remember the cost of the repairs but it needed a new passenger door.
Travel Bug said
01:12 AM Jan 7, 2012
Beth54 wrote:
A big buck roo hit our Kingswood many years ago...yes the Kingswood!
Oh No!!!
I hope you hadn't just glad wrapped the bumper bar!
Beth54 said
11:40 AM Jan 7, 2012
Travel Bug wrote:
Beth54 wrote:
A big buck roo hit our Kingswood many years ago...yes the Kingswood!
Oh No!!!
I hope you hadn't just glad wrapped the bumper bar!
AussieNomad said
08:29 AM Jan 8, 2012
There's some scary ones out there too, so keep a keen watch!!!
Ma said
09:11 AM Jan 8, 2012
All the roo signes that I have noticed in Tassie since this post started are female. Is this a sexist state?
Boroma577 said
09:55 AM Jan 8, 2012
Ma wrote:
All the roo signes that I have noticed in Tassie since this post started are female. Is this a sexist state?
Nothing sexist at all Ma......the 'girls' are just better looking.
Happywanderer said
09:09 PM Jan 8, 2012
There must be females only in Vic. Coming down through Castlemaine, Daylesford and Anakie yesterday, the signs were all female.
Pejay said
09:14 PM Jan 8, 2012
There's several of those roo signs on the road out to Nyngan from Dubbo - apparently from what our friends in trangie were telling us, it is a 'local' from the region that is doing it, as when the RTA (or whoever) takes 'em down, within a couple of days another one 'sprouts up'!
Cruising Granny said
12:04 AM Jan 9, 2012
Sounds like a little bit of country humour at large out there. Keeps the travellers smiling. There are roo remains all along the highways everywhere. There's so much feed around they get so fat and lazy they just look up when I blow the horn, and go right on eating. They're too fat to bound onto the road, although judging by the corpses, there are many who have made it on to the road and can't get out of the way. In most clashes with roo vs car, the roo actually hits the car, rather than the car hitting the roo. Just the tail can write off a panel. A big, burly buck can do a lot of damage, and then bound away to strike another vehicle another day. Talk about wildlife? I've seen dead echidnas, lizards and other fauna as well as ferral animals recently. Try not to run over them as the bones can do a lot of damage to the tyres.
Gerty Dancer said
08:40 AM Jan 9, 2012
We came accross a freshly killed Wallaby somewhere in Qld, with a wedge-tail feeding on it. Since it was right in the middle of the lane I insisted Mr D stop and I got out and dragged it to the side... could at least save the eagle. It was surprisingly heavy for a smallish animal, can understand how hitting it would dent your car.
goinsoon said
01:39 PM Jan 9, 2012
I have a photo of a roadside sheep warning sign, but Cindy would have convultions if I posted it.
Rip and Rosie said
02:07 PM Jan 9, 2012
goinsoon wrote:
I have a photo of a roadside sheep warning sign, but Cindy would have convultions if I posted it.
Now that Ma Goinsoon is on here, Cindy has help with you
goinsoon said
02:45 PM Jan 9, 2012
Rip and Rosie wrote:
goinsoon wrote:
I have a photo of a roadside sheep warning sign, but Cindy would have convultions if I posted it.
Now that Ma Goinsoon is on here, Cindy has help with you
We were amused during a recent trip down the Newell Highway to see the Kangaroo warning signs to be obviously males of the species, a detail I had never noticed before. Certainly on the east coast the roos are girls.
At first Rip thought it was a local joke, but as we drove on, we assumed the signs might be exclusive to the Newell, and an inside joke by the construction mob.
Up till then, I had assumed that such signs were all the same. A google search showed me that this is not so, and although I did find a pic of a male roo, it seems the ones along the Newell are not as defined as this.
Aahhh, to have an eye for the finer things of life!
-- Edited by Benwerrin on Friday 6th of January 2012 10:41:59 AM
3 Roo's hopping in the main st of Wellington on Tuesday NO warning signs
Not to mention how the poor roos feel about it.
I saw one of those on The Morning Show some time ago. Larry Emdur had given one to Kylie as a gift.
A big buck roo hit our Kingswood many years ago...yes the Kingswood!
It dented the whole right hand side of the car and smashed the passenger window, showering glass on my baby girl, who is now 32. And hopped away! Hubby (now ex) didn't see it before, during or after the event! I saw it coming but it was too late. Can't remember the cost of the repairs but it needed a new passenger door.
Oh No!!!
I hope you hadn't just glad wrapped the bumper bar!
There's some scary ones out there too, so keep a keen watch!!!
All the roo signes that I have noticed in Tassie since this post started are female. Is this a sexist state?
Nothing sexist at all Ma......the 'girls' are just better looking.
There are roo remains all along the highways everywhere. There's so much feed around they get so fat and lazy they just look up when I blow the horn, and go right on eating. They're too fat to bound onto the road, although judging by the corpses, there are many who have made it on to the road and can't get out of the way.
In most clashes with roo vs car, the roo actually hits the car, rather than the car hitting the roo. Just the tail can write off a panel.
A big, burly buck can do a lot of damage, and then bound away to strike another vehicle another day.
Talk about wildlife? I've seen dead echidnas, lizards and other fauna as well as ferral animals recently.
Try not to run over them as the bones can do a lot of damage to the tyres.
I have a photo of a roadside sheep warning sign, but Cindy would have convultions if I posted it.
Now that Ma Goinsoon is on here, Cindy has help with you
MaG just said "you post it and you are dead"