Author: tjiskavw

That's Pippen - he was brought to the sanctuary in November of 2019 weighing a little over one pound, hairless and with his eyes still closed. As you can see,…

its main goal is to help orphaned baby kangaroos whose parents had been struck and killed by vehicles on Australian roads. Often Chris "Brolga" Barns would find the orphans at…

star of the documentary Kangaroo Dundee, this good man established a 188 acre sanctuary for orphaned joeys in 2005. People like this are my greatest joy. While on tour, he…

This is Teddy and he's the resident cheeky boy. Teddy loves to wrestle and I watched him push away an adult red kangaroo about 5 times his size to get…

As we started to walk out into the sanctuary, this little girl came hopping up to me and put her arms around my leg. Kangaroo Dundee said sometimes a kangaroo…

most kangaroos sleep all day to conserve energy in the desert heat. Consequently, this tour starts at sunset when they wake and get active....hoppy sundowners!

This is a memorial to Roger - yes - he was that tall and that muscular. They had to keep him pinned up when visitors came because he became quite…

The joeys are kept in lined pillow cases that closely resembles the feel of their mother's pouch. After getting your hands sanitized, you can cuddle them for as long as…

This dingo lives in a habitat created for him and a buddy at Alice Springs Desert Park. He's coming around to where I'm standing to have a look at the…

This place was truly amazing - they have a wide open area where you can watch kangaroos which unfortunately on this day were not coming out due to heavy rain.…