I love going for a wander in the bush and coming across wildlife. I was in The Barossa Valley recently and went to Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park. I really encourage you to head on up there if you have some time to spare. It is in a really quiet part of the valley, between Tanunda and Flaxman Valley on Tanunda Creek Road. It is such a peaceful place. While there I came across 2 kangaroos. One was sheltering from the sun under a bush, The other in the shade of a big gum tree.
Kangaroo Sheltering from sun Under a Bush
Kangaroo Shading under a Gum Tree
Now in my last blog I encouraged you not to delete bad photos, just in case there was something in it you didn’t see; like an International Space Station for instance. Well in this blog I am sharing about taking photos of what I thought was a just a kangaroo. I was a fair distance away from the roo shading under the big gum tree, and was using my zoom lens to take these photos. I kept noticing what I thought was a bird flying near the roo.
You can see the bird just to the left of the Kangaroo
I did not think much of this at the time, as the Roo you see in this shot was just laying there relaxing. But I noticed this bird kept fluttering around but not really going anywhere. The roo then got up and started eating the grass. So I took a few shots of him, waited for the roo to move aside, and then took a few shots of the bird, as I wanted to work out what type of bird it was. I viewed the shots on my cameras LCD screen and zoomed in even further. It was then I realised it was not a bird fluttering about at all… But another kangaroo flopping its ears to keep the flies away.
I had not noticed this to start with and was happy when I showed my photos to a friend, and he pointed out the bird. I went “No! That’s what I thought as well, it’s another kangaroo!”. He was fascinated like I was!
Once I noticed there were 2 kangaroos there, they both become my main point of focus, rather than just the standing roo, I positioned myself so I could get both in the picture.
The lighter kangaroo hiding in the grass gained no interest in getting up like her mate did, and remained very camouflaged. But it was fascinating once again to discover something I had not realised was there at first. If I had not stopped to take some photos I wouldn’t even have know she was there
This is only the 2nd time I had been to Kaiserstuhl, and on both occasions have seen kangaroos. I’m pretty certain if I looked up, and wandered and explored long enough I would discover some koalas and decent birdlife living there as well. So if you want a nice quiet relaxing walk and and an almost guaranteed sighting of some kangaroos, head on up to The Barossa Valley and make your way to Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park. The roos seem okay with humans around the place, but are still wild, and you need to keep your distance. You can’t get up too close like you can at Cleland or Gorge Wildlife Parks.
I usually don’t do this but I will add a link to the actual park. It is totally free to get into. Parking is easy to miss as there are only a few spots available so I’ll add a street view link as well. But on both times I have been there have always been spaces available.
So get out there and enjoy yourself with camera in hand. Remember to
WANDER – EXPLORE – DISCOVER
Kaisuerstuhl Conservation Park (with map)
Wander -Explore - Discover 
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