Encounter with a Kangaroo!

Driving on country roads as we often do, we are always on the look out for kangaroos. They are usually to be seen on the edges of the roads at dawn and dusk, but lately, because of the drought they are on the move at other times of the day, feeding on the grass at the road edges that seem to stay green longer than the grass in the paddocks. Unfortunately they can be very big and if they hop in front of the car when driving, apart from ramming on the brakes there is nothing you can do, except hope that the animal is killed outright and that it doesn't come through the windscreen into your lap!
This is the second time in 6 months that we have encountered a kangaroo on the road with the resulting damage to the front of the car as is shown in my photo above.  Luckily we weren't hurt and the car was drive-able with the addition of a lot of gaffer tape. Thankfully the kangaroo was not just badly injured but killed, as a badly injured kangaroo requires professional help, which is not available in remote areas. Dead kangaroos are often seen on the edges of the highway, and given the damage that a hit at 70 km/hr as seen above can cause, I can't image the damage to people and cars at the 110 km/hr and above that the cars travel at on the highways. We were very lucky not to have been injured.