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Son arrived home for christmas just after lunch today. He is with the Army based at Townsville in North Queensland, close enough to 1500 miles from where we are in Southern New South Wales. He had a offsider that needed a lift so they drove straight through and shared the driving for the first 1300 miles.
As you can imagine a bit of wildlife on the roads of a night, dawn and dusk. His estimate was thousands of kangaroos seen dodged about 300 and hit 8. A big kangaroo can nudge 200lb and stand 7' tall or more you can imagine the damage when struck at over 60mph.
There is a reason the majority of vehicles in the Aussie outback wear what we call bull or roo bars. Sure some fit them just to make their vehicle look tough but they do exactly what they are designed for, protect the front from damage with animal strikes and prevent you being stranded.
Sons bar looks a little worse for wear but only cosmetic damage, a few creases in both front fenders where a couple struck on the corners of the bar whipped around. Needs a good wash to get rid of the blood and guts and realigning where it has moved on the mounting bolts but considering every one would have disabled a car without a bar it has done its job.

My younger brother lived in Australia for some years. He said those were an absolute necessity for travel outside the city.

220 wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:06 am

hit 8.

amazing .... we see similar bars on many vehicles in Texas .... I've hit deer twice and did considerable damage both times .... hitting 8 on one drive is almost unbelievable

That's a serious bully bar. I installed one on the front of several of my trucks here.. We have taken out several large deer, and the last one Tina hit was with the Titan... It was being chased by a pack of dogs, ran out of the woods into the front quarter panel on the side of the truck... A bar wouldn't have helped. Caved in the quarter panel and ripped down the right side of the truck. Didn't miss a single body panel on that side. More than $7,000 in damage.

The deer? A big buck. He jumped up, shook his head, and took off again with the dog pack in hot pursuit. Tina was unharmed, but very angry. Truck was in the shop a month.

Glad your son made it home safely.

That is some wildlife story, 220. And that roo bar is an impressive piece of front-end protection.
Glad your son arrived safely home for Christmas.

PT7

Not surprised. Some time back, I watched a documentary about the roo problem because of the numbers there.
They showed aerial footage from a helicopter...unbelievable!

Man Id love to make that trip. I think it would be fun and great to see. Someday maybe I can see some of the land down under and get me one of those vegamite sandwiches to. Glad your son made it home and enjoy the holidays.

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:26 pm

vegamite sandwiches

no way .... toooooo tough for me

Hmm..
Kangaroo - might have to try it sometime!

I will try almost anything, at least once.
Would be nice if it's good because there is an endless supply of it; right 220?