The Basildene Mob

When we had arrived at Basildene and been taken round the property on an introduction to the property it was explained that sometimes in the evening we could see some kangaroos in the fields on the opposite side of the little valley upon which the property was located. These roos were members of a much larger mob which inhabitted the area.

One late afternoon we were coming back to Basildene when Marion spotted some roos in a field just before we reached Basildene. We quickly stopped to watch and then realised that there were enormous number of them. Like the size of the fish you just caught I suppose there is a natural tendancy to overestimate the number in the mob but I seriously can not see it as being less than fifty and perhaps as much as a hundred. I got out and quietly moved nearer to them. They watched me nervously but went back to there activities when I was halted permanently by the fence. I took some photos, which you can find on www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/idurrellmeister . Though they do not show the size of the mob well but they do show a few at play and eating.