“Do kangaroos really hop down the streets in Australia?” It’s been a while since I’ve been asked this question, but the number of times I’ve heard it is surprising. Of course, I’m part of the problem. Every Aussie abroad spins stories of the wonder of our land and such a question begs a ‘drop bear’ answer.<\/p>\n
But then, to say there are kangaroos hopping down the streets of Sydney isn’t far from the truth. I’m staying with friends in Hornsby in a house that backs right onto the Kuringai National Park. They have a wallaby problem in their vegie garden and I’ve seen many of these small kangaroos hopping through the bushland around their house, just shy of the street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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