Time for some random kangaroo facts to enrich everyone’s lives. A female is called a flyer. The males are called either a boomer or a buck. And the young, of course, are called joeys. These two here, a mother red kangaroo and her joey, are in a place called Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia.
I think I might finally be on my way to Yellowstone tomorrow night, but who knows, I’ve already had 4 flights cancelled over the last couple of days so we’ll see if this one gets off the ground. In the meantime, the delays have given me plenty of time to see movies — Black Swan being one of the more interesting of the bunch and inspiring today’s photo. This was taken early one morning on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.
Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia is where the southern mountains start to give way to the Outback. This is fairly rugged country. It also happens to be full of several different species of kangaroo. It was late in the day when I photographed this red kangaroo crouching in the brush.
Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia is where the mountains meet the Outback.Very rugged territory, and full of kangaroos. We saw lots of both red and western grey kangaroos, plus lots of emus mixed in. This red kangaroo was racing to get somewhere just before the sun dipped below the horizon.
Flinders Ranges National Park is where the mountains meet the Outback in South Australia. Very rugged and remote country. It also happened to be full of kangaroos. I waited a while for this one, hoping that it would take off in the direction it did and give me a good silhouette shot with the moon.
Kangaroo Island, just south of Adelaide in South Australia, is one of the best spots in the country to view a diverse variety of wildlife — kangaroos, wallabys, seals, sea lions, platypus, penguins, and possums to name a few. It also happens to be one of the best places in Australia for guaranteed koala sightings. This little guy kept venturing from its mother and investigating what I was doing.
I took this photo of a red kangaroo in a place called Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia. This is where the mountains and the Outback meet and it’s a greet place to view not only kangaroos, but also emus. What I liked about ths shot was the very narrow depth of field created by the low angle of view.