Mounting Biking

Duncan, Christa and I went out for a bit of mountain biking to explore the environs. There were dirt tracks leading out of the village and we had seen what looked like some water in the distance and were curious what was out there.

Turns out, there were a couple ponds and a waste water treatment facility. We were tempted to steal their sludge, but the sign intimidated us:

The cool part of the ride, though, was kangaroo spotting. It started when we flushed a kangaroo out of a little valley near the pond. He bounded off and stopped right on the horizon for a while to watch us. 

In Woomera Village, the kangaroos show up after dark. We wondered where they spent their days. We spotted several other kangaroos and were able to approach one of them to within 40-50ft. Eventually they would get nervous and go bouncing away. (I had a 300mm lense, so we were not as close to them as some of these photos may appear.)