Kangaroo - by Louis

Kangaroos are amazing creatures and also terribly boingy. We saw lots of them when we were travelling around Western Australia in our RV.  One day we had a super big rain storm and suddenly we couldn't take our eyes off one. "Oh look a kangaroo!!"  I shouted. When we got to the visitor centre, we got out of the RV, we saw kangaroo after kangaroo after kangaroo.  One night we were sleeping in the national park and daddy heard a scraping noise so he went outside.  Sure enough there was a tiny joey, a big mum and his dad outside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kangaroos everywhere, coming out for a drink after the rain

Some facts about the kangaroo.

1. When the kangaroo is getting chased by a dingo they throw out their joey into a bush to make themselves lighter.
2. There are 40 different types of kangaroo.  A male is called a boomer, a female is a flyer and a baby is called a joey.
3. When a European explorer came over to Australia and saw the strange hopping animals, he asked one of the natives "What are these animals?" The native replied "Kangaroo" meaning “I do not understand you” and the explorer thought that was their name! 

Kangaroo with joey drinking from the road!

(PS We haven't seen any kangaroos in Borneo.  This is just a piece of work it took a while to finish! Dad)