Pebbly Beach
Pebbly Beach, tucked away in secluded Murramarang National Park, about a four-hour drive south of Sydney and just north of Bateman's Bay, is a hidden gem because of its special kangaroo population ... first of all, the kangaroos are relatively tame (they'll even let you pet them!), and second, it's very rare to see kangaroos that close to the ocean (on hot days you can even see them taking a dip in the ocean!)
November 19, 2004

01-RoadConstruction Some road construction on the Kings Highway between Canberra and Bateman's Bay, as it wound its way through the Great Dividing Range 02-BatemansBay Bateman's Bay 03-BatemansBay Bateman's Bay 04-Rocks Rocks at Bateman's Bay 05-BatemansBay Bateman's Bay 06-Water Water 07-PebblyBeach About 12 k's north of Bateman's Bay is secluded Pebbly Beach, in Murramarang National Park 08-Kangaroo Pebbly Beach is unique for its amazingly tame kangaroo population 09-Roo A mama roo feeding 10-MamaJoey A mama and her joey at Pebbly Beach 11-Joey A cute little joey 12-Joey Joey 13-PebblyBeach Pebbly Beach 14-PebblyBeach Pebbly Beach 15-MamaJoey A curious mama, with the joey trying to hop in her pouch 16-MamaJoey Mama & joey kangaroo 17-MamaJoey Mama & joey roo 18-Jared-Kangaroos Dude, nowhere but at Pebbly Beach do kangaroos in the wild let you get this close to them! 19-Jared-PettingRoo It was amazing that the mama would even let me pet her while her joey was right there ... they seriously didn't care that I was there 20-PebblyBeach Pebbly Beach, which isn't so pebbly 21-PebblyBeach Pebbly Beach 22-PebblyBeach Pebbly Beach 23-PebblyBeach Pebbly Beach 24-PebblyBeach Pebbly Beach ... the wind wasn't very strong this day, so the flies were a terrible bother 25-Ocean Ahh, the South Pacific Ocean :-) 26-MurramarangNP Murramarang NP 27-MurramarangNP Murramarang NP 28-Shorebird A shorebird of some sort 29-Kangaroos Another whole group of kangaroos at Pebbly Beach 30-LoungingRoos Lounging roos 31-SleepingRoo Sleeping roo 32-RelaxingRoo Relaxing roo 33-WatcherRoo Watching roo 34-FeedingRoos Feeding roos 35-RelaxingRoo This is the life ... and yes, I was this close to them 36-Roos Tired kangaroos 37-Kangaroo-Beach Kangaroo at Pebbly Beach ... on hot days they say that the kangaroos will follow you out into the ocean to take a cooling dip 38-Plants Some of the native flora at Pebbly Beach 39-Creek Creek 40-PebblyBeach Pebbly Beach 41-MurramarangNP Murramarang National Park