We hit a big red on a family trip to the desert as a kid in our 4wd, we stopped as it was laying motionless onthe road. We were all standing around it as my dad went to drag it of the road it stood up, looked at us and just hopped away as if nothing had happened. Tough buggers!
Back in the 80's, I saw the remains of a Datsun 1600 (710 for US) forest rally car. A grey kangaroo (they're the second biggest ones) came straight through the windscreen at speed and was then trapped inside. Those massive leg muscles and giant claws destroyed the entire interior as well as nearly all the window glass. Seats, dash and roll cage padding all shredded. The crew baled ASAP and only got a few injuries. The kangaroo, after trashing the Datsun evidently managed to finally exit and hopped away. They are tough.
Kangaroo's are not the only wildlife that cause problems at Bathurst. A horse found its way onto the track. Lizards and rabbits have as well. Regular Kangaroo's (as seen in this video) can mess up a car but normally die instantly or not long after. Big Red's (2.5 metres tall) can wipe-out an 18 wheeler, sit on the side of the road and pick the grill out of its teeth, have another beer and leave the scene.
I've hit 2 kangaroos first one in the Nullibor plains about 11.30 at night. Saw it in my headlights just to the right, missed with the car but collected it with the trailer I was towing. It buckled the trailor wheel arch. When I pulled over to check damage, the trailer was covered in blood and fur. The second was going from port hedland to perth. This time it was about 10 am, saw it to my right again. It glanced off the rear of the car, when I looked in my rear vision mirror I saw it tumbling on the road. Then it got up and hopped away. What amazed me was, there was no damage to the car. When I moved from Victoria to Western Australia, a mate of mine told me if I came across a kangaroo on the road don't try to swerve around it. He said plow straight through. Because the edge of the roads have about a 4 foot sloping drop on each side. Trying to swerve around will probably put you over the edge, which 9 timesout of 10 would flip your car.
@ashdog236 Nah, it's not really sandy, more like red dirt. It's covered mostly in bushes, so I think they live off the leaves. Not really what else they could eat. I've seen dingos and goats as well.
Got stuck 50k's from the Nullarbor roadhouse at night in a Nissan Patrol after Skip jumped into the light and went between the bullbar bars into the radiator and pushed it into the fan. I was given 2 jerries of water just on dawn and took 8 hours stopping every 2k's when the temp gauge redlined to drive 50 odd k's. Made it to the Roadhouse without cooking the engine and found a replacement radiator in the wrecking and abandoned lot behind the Roadhouse, pulled the support panel back reversing with a rope around a pole and was on my way again.
I hit a roo at 3am driving from Sydney to Canberra. Spun the car at 110kmph and ended up in a ditch on the side of the road facing back up the highway. Good times.
In Aus we got Wallabies Roos and Deer and Emus to name a few! None of em you want to hit or joining you in the car by coming through the windscreen. Messy!
Hi guys thanks for watching part of our Great race. The lap you watched has to be done 161 times. In years past the race has been won by 6 laps and the driver Peter Brock the King of the Mountain” broke the lap record on the last lap. You wouldn’t believe how steep the track is until you drive it. Do yourself a favour and watch the “Gold Coast 500” and see how hard they hit the cerbs
OK guys so you have watched a bit of Bathurst, but the one and only legend of Peter Brock . He was a true driver who knew Mount Panorama like the back of his hand .
Just traveling between farm and town, I've had 5 near misses luckily I hit the brakes in time to avoid hitting a bluddy roo, unfortunately one evening about an hour after sundown I was doing 75kph in an 80 zone, & this big Eastern Greay Wallaby out of vertualy no where (looked like it tried to jump on the hood / bonnet of my car) landed on the road bairly 12" in front of me, doing a little over $3,000 damage... Definitely no time to stomp on the breaks.
G'day, I picked up a new truck and the first day driving home I hat a Kangaroo. Hit a second Roo within 2 weeks. I'd rather hit a Kangaroo than a Wombat any day of the week. Wombats are giant walking rocks that will wipe out your ride.
I spent 30 years driving trucks interstate, my best or worst night driving in the outback, I smoked 56 Kangaroo, driving a Volvo 600hrs 65 ton b-double, that smelt like Kangaroo shit for days.
5 different times almost hit kangaroos in January February march the few times l went riding in the forests on my dirt bike .mised 3 and 2 missed in my car ...soon as you leave a city after sunrise or dusk and all night ..big chance of hitting one ...we killed 4 just missed about 25 driving from top of Australia to bottom 2 days 3,000 klms
Mate, clipped one kangaroo travelling around 150Kmph (90+mph)in the middle of nowhere crossing a bridge this 'Roo jump around in front of me I hit the anchors (brakes) couldn't go around it hit the horn, and as it got closer the thing hopped high enough went over the top clipping the bonnet (hood) flips over the car I thought that was it I finally stop went over to see the 'Roo it was knocked out for a few minutes then it got up and hopped off my heart was in my mouth. my bonnet was mangled. Two things I learnt that day, travelling at Dawn and Dusk is guaranteed to encounter a Kangaroo its starts to warm up or cool down they become more active for a feed.
3:23 So worth noting, the language the commentators use here. He did not hit a kangaroo. He was *hit by* a kangaroo. Roo's never lose to a car, at worst, they draw.
@@RealFansSports Yes we do. You can buy Kangaroo meat in the supermarket or butcher shops. You can buy it as steaks, sausages, stir-fry strips. It is very lean meat and very healthy, but you have to cook it quickly because there is no fat to keep it moist. If you cook it too long it will toughen.
@@kennethdodemaide8678 (Zach here) ahh ok that makes sense. We eat a lot of alligator and deer here in Louisiana and you definitely have to cook it properly so it’s not over cooked
@@RealFansSports You either cook a Kangaroo steak drizzled with olive oil in a searing hot pan quickly to give you a crust but keep it medium rare. You can also slice kangaroo into inch cubes, toss in your favourite seasoning or rub and make skewers to put on the BBQ. Or you get fancy with a vacuum sealer and Sous Vide a nice sized fillet with butter, garlic, fresh rosemary and thyme, for 8 hours, and then brush it with melted bone marrow and finish on a searing hot grill or griddle pan for a minute on each side. A large enough fillet can also be slow roasted if kept moist enough, or indeed used for a pot roast. Kangaroo tail can be used in any way you would usually use Ox tail. The meat is very lean and packed with high levels of iron and high quality protein. The flavour is mildly gamey in a similar way to Venison, but in a blind test would not be questioned by an unknowing taster. A Scottish relative was visiting us one year, and we cooked Kangaroo skewers on the BBQ (Grill). She was a bit scared to try it, but was surprised and had to admit she really liked it. We caught her grabbing some of the leftovers from a plate in the fridge later that night. You can buy pre-packaged Kangaroo products in supermarkets, and you can get Kangaroo from various butchers. Kangaroo is also used quite a lot for pet food, we even export A grade Kangaroo meat to Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Ive hit 3 kangaroos (and written off 2 cars) in my lifetime. So far. I can verify that roos are the absolute dumbest animals on the planet, even dumber than sheep. At least sheep try and get out of your way, but kangaroos will literally jump onto the road 6 feet in front of you while youre doing 80 mph.
Technically, most of those are Wallabies. Wait until you find out about the Echidna that made an appearance a couple of years ago. (ua-cam.com/video/WxoW0zXiZ8Q/v-deo.htmlsi=OFBygtBqSMfIy2NY)
We hit a big red on a family trip to the desert as a kid in our 4wd, we stopped as it was laying motionless onthe road. We were all standing around it as my dad went to drag it of the road it stood up, looked at us and just hopped away as if nothing had happened. Tough buggers!
Back in the 80's, I saw the remains of a Datsun 1600 (710 for US) forest rally car. A grey kangaroo (they're the second biggest ones) came straight through the windscreen at speed and was then trapped inside. Those massive leg muscles and giant claws destroyed the entire interior as well as nearly all the window glass. Seats, dash and roll cage padding all shredded. The crew baled ASAP and only got a few injuries. The kangaroo, after trashing the Datsun evidently managed to finally exit and hopped away. They are tough.
It’s not Bathurst unless Skippy makes an appearance
Lmao! SKIPPY! The official mascot!
Or an echidna 😂
Kangaroo's are not the only wildlife that cause problems at Bathurst. A horse found its way onto the track. Lizards and rabbits have as well.
Regular Kangaroo's (as seen in this video) can mess up a car but normally die instantly or not long after.
Big Red's (2.5 metres tall) can wipe-out an 18 wheeler, sit on the side of the road and pick the grill out of its teeth, have another beer and leave the scene.
An echinda as well.
It’s why many of our 4wd’s have bar work up front.
I was in North Carolina once next to an interstate and thought I saw a kangaroo out of the corner of my eye. Nope, a deer had bounced off a truck.
I've hit 2 kangaroos first one in the Nullibor plains about 11.30 at night. Saw it in my headlights just to the right, missed with the car but collected it with the trailer I was towing. It buckled the trailor wheel arch. When I pulled over to check damage, the trailer was covered in blood and fur. The second was going from port hedland to perth. This time it was about 10 am, saw it to my right again. It glanced off the rear of the car, when I looked in my rear vision mirror I saw it tumbling on the road. Then it got up and hopped away. What amazed me was, there was no damage to the car.
When I moved from Victoria to Western Australia, a mate of mine told me if I came across a kangaroo on the road don't try to swerve around it. He said plow straight through. Because the edge of the roads have about a 4 foot sloping drop on each side. Trying to swerve around will probably put you over the edge, which 9 timesout of 10 would flip your car.
Serious question but I thought the Nullibor was sandy desert? How tf can kangaroos find grass, plants and water to survive?
@ashdog236 Nah, it's not really sandy, more like red dirt. It's covered mostly in bushes, so I think they live off the leaves. Not really what else they could eat.
I've seen dingos and goats as well.
I have had a roo hit my side mirror and push the mirror itself into my lap.
People ask me why I have a bull-bar on my car.
In Canberra, it is the epitome of stereotypes, where kangaroos are *always* on the roads.
Have y'all seen darrel waltrips' bathurst hot lap? pro supercars driver takes pro nascar driver around bathurst, its absolutely fantastic
We have! That will be coming out soon!
Sick
Got stuck 50k's from the Nullarbor roadhouse at night in a Nissan Patrol after Skip jumped into the light and went between the bullbar bars into the radiator and pushed it into the fan. I was given 2 jerries of water just on dawn and took 8 hours stopping every 2k's when the temp gauge redlined to drive 50 odd k's. Made it to the Roadhouse without cooking the engine and found a replacement radiator in the wrecking and abandoned lot behind the Roadhouse, pulled the support panel back reversing with a rope around a pole and was on my way again.
Red Kangaroos in Western Australia are huge, with some getting up to nearly 8 feet tall, they've been known to derail fully laden iron ore trains!
I hit a roo at 3am driving from Sydney to Canberra. Spun the car at 110kmph and ended up in a ditch on the side of the road facing back up the highway. Good times.
Dawn and dusk are the worst times for roos to be on the move.
Very similar to down here for deers. Always have to have the heads on the swivel during those hours
In Aus we got Wallabies Roos and Deer and Emus to name a few! None of em you want to hit or joining you in the car by coming through the windscreen. Messy!
You forgot to mention Wombats which can rip the suspension clean off a car or 4WD. Of course it doesn't do the Wombat much good either.
Hi guys thanks for watching part of our Great race. The lap you watched has to be done 161 times. In years past the race has been won by 6 laps and the driver Peter Brock the King of the Mountain” broke the lap record on the last lap. You wouldn’t believe how steep the track is until you drive it. Do yourself a favour and watch the “Gold Coast 500” and see how hard they hit the cerbs
there was a horse on the track one year. Recommend you search "Jenson Button F1 lap of Bathurst"
OK guys so you have watched a bit of Bathurst, but the one and only legend of Peter Brock . He was a true driver who knew Mount Panorama like the back of his hand .
Bathurst is on this next weekend 7th-8th October…so if you want to see more get a VPN and tune in
We have a vpn. Do you know what site we can stream it from?
Just traveling between farm and town, I've had 5 near misses luckily I hit the brakes in time to avoid hitting a bluddy roo, unfortunately one evening about an hour after sundown I was doing 75kph in an 80 zone, & this big Eastern Greay Wallaby out of vertualy no where (looked like it tried to jump on the hood / bonnet of my car) landed on the road bairly 12" in front of me, doing a little over $3,000 damage...
Definitely no time to stomp on the breaks.
the official govt stats from 2001 - 2017 (16 years) have 37 human fatalities from kangaroos - ALL as a result of vehicle collisions
My brother hit a roo one night, my brother ended up in a ditch, the car was a write off, the roo fled the scene.
G'day, I picked up a new truck and the first day driving home I hat a Kangaroo. Hit a second Roo within 2 weeks. I'd rather hit a Kangaroo than a Wombat any day of the week. Wombats are giant walking rocks that will wipe out your ride.
Like deer if you hit a roo your car is totaled. It's 50/50 for the roo they are tough and sometimes get lucky.
It's not actually a normal road. It's a dedicated race track.
I spent 30 years driving trucks interstate, my best or worst night driving in the outback, I smoked 56 Kangaroo, driving a Volvo 600hrs 65 ton b-double, that smelt like Kangaroo shit for days.
5 different times almost hit kangaroos in January February march the few times l went riding in the forests on my dirt bike .mised 3 and 2 missed in my car ...soon as you leave a city after sunrise or dusk and all night ..big chance of hitting one ...we killed 4 just missed about 25 driving from top of Australia to bottom 2 days 3,000 klms
Mate, clipped one kangaroo travelling around 150Kmph (90+mph)in the middle of nowhere crossing a bridge this 'Roo jump around in front of me I hit the anchors (brakes) couldn't go around it hit the horn, and as it got closer the thing hopped high enough went over the top clipping the bonnet (hood) flips over the car I thought that was it I finally stop went over to see the 'Roo it was knocked out for a few minutes then it got up and hopped off my heart was in my mouth. my bonnet was mangled. Two things I learnt that day, travelling at Dawn and Dusk is guaranteed to encounter a Kangaroo its starts to warm up or cool down they become more active for a feed.
Goodness!! That’s insane!
Lucky the roo didn't go through your windscreen, they panic kicking wildly & will rip you apart
3:23
So worth noting, the language the commentators use here.
He did not hit a kangaroo. He was *hit by* a kangaroo.
Roo's never lose to a car, at worst, they draw.
If you hit a roo your car will be totalled. There was a BBQ after this race.
Without a doubt! And lol. Do y’all actually eat kangaroos? And if so, is it good?
@@RealFansSports Yes we do. You can buy Kangaroo meat in the supermarket or butcher shops. You can buy it as steaks, sausages, stir-fry strips. It is very lean meat and very healthy, but you have to cook it quickly because there is no fat to keep it moist. If you cook it too long it will toughen.
@@kennethdodemaide8678 (Zach here) ahh ok that makes sense. We eat a lot of alligator and deer here in Louisiana and you definitely have to cook it properly so it’s not over cooked
@@RealFansSports You either cook a Kangaroo steak drizzled with olive oil in a searing hot pan quickly to give you a crust but keep it medium rare. You can also slice kangaroo into inch cubes, toss in your favourite seasoning or rub and make skewers to put on the BBQ. Or you get fancy with a vacuum sealer and Sous Vide a nice sized fillet with butter, garlic, fresh rosemary and thyme, for 8 hours, and then brush it with melted bone marrow and finish on a searing hot grill or griddle pan for a minute on each side. A large enough fillet can also be slow roasted if kept moist enough, or indeed used for a pot roast. Kangaroo tail can be used in any way you would usually use Ox tail. The meat is very lean and packed with high levels of iron and high quality protein. The flavour is mildly gamey in a similar way to Venison, but in a blind test would not be questioned by an unknowing taster.
A Scottish relative was visiting us one year, and we cooked Kangaroo skewers on the BBQ (Grill). She was a bit scared to try it, but was surprised and had to admit she really liked it. We caught her grabbing some of the leftovers from a plate in the fridge later that night.
You can buy pre-packaged Kangaroo products in supermarkets, and you can get Kangaroo from various butchers. Kangaroo is also used quite a lot for pet food, we even export A grade Kangaroo meat to Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Bathurst has also been invaded by rabbits, lizards & horses & in the 2nd 24 hour race, 1 car hit a turtle
Echidna too.
Ive hit 3 kangaroos (and written off 2 cars) in my lifetime. So far. I can verify that roos are the absolute dumbest animals on the planet, even dumber than sheep. At least sheep try and get out of your way, but kangaroos will literally jump onto the road 6 feet in front of you while youre doing 80 mph.
I hit one at 110km/h and it tore off my left front guard and made ripples all the way down left side.
My goodness! Yeah the one I saw got hit was going about 50mph and his bumper flew as high as high as the deer
@@RealFansSports it's common for Australian cars to be fitted with a Roo Bar. I see kangaroos on the road at least twice a week.
@@Notric damn. That’s crazy. Yeah normally it’s only trucks that have guards on around here.
Guys Kangaroos are so unpredictable.. and like a deer in the headlights
Technically, most of those are Wallabies.
Wait until you find out about the Echidna that made an appearance a couple of years ago. (ua-cam.com/video/WxoW0zXiZ8Q/v-deo.htmlsi=OFBygtBqSMfIy2NY)
Skippy does not pay his road registration
The third one was a wallaby not a roo, and the kangaroos in the video were only little ones
That’s what some people have told us. They get quite large over there
The bloody pest rip your engine straight Off the mounts into the fire wall
Oh my goodness lol
Omg inform yourself