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22 Jul 2008 11:29 PM

Always on the lookout for something to blog about - doesn't need to be much,
as you have observed - I was leaving this morning for a root canal appointment,
allowing just enough time for the hours drive, & in came the fog.
Not a pea souper, but certainly not to drive into at any pace; thus I wheeled out
of the drive onto the road, hadn't gone but 50 metres when out of the whiteness
the sides of the road came alive.

At least 30 kangaroos, disturbed by the sound of the car, gave up their feasting
on fresh shoots after the rain & decided the best way to avoid (or aggravate) me
was to bound along the road!  Now these are unpredictable critters & can turn
on a dime, so trying to push through them is fraught with danger. Following too
close can result in a broken headlight (I found out the hard way)
as their bounds toss rocks into the air.
They started to peel off, jumping over (the 6 footers) the fence, or under (the
also rans) until only 4 remained, but their course seemed to be charted on the road.
So it occured to me - "well - use the time - get out the camera!"
Attempt 1 was an abject failure - the flash went off in the poor light-
bouncing off the windscreen. Thus we ended up - steering with the left knee,
right foot on throttle, right finger on shutter, left finger keeping pop-up flash
down; right eye at eyepiece, left eye closed - not freeway driving material.

And the results? - Ansell Adams would say "A kindergarten class?"

But I stuck them in "more photos" so as not to waste the effort.
Yep, I did make the dentist - 1 min to spare

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