Phillip Island, the greatest place to see wildlife

Amidst the craziness of our lives, we couldnt resist a visit to the Phillip Island Wildlife sanctuary to pat the gorgeous kangaroos again.

The weather was cold and the roos were all in the top paddock, within reach of an easy feed and warmer ground.

We entered the enclosure to find dozens of healthy roos standing around waiting to be fed. And so many of them had babies in their bellies. (Joeys).

Usually the large males wait at the back of the herd to let the females eat first, but this time the big males were waiting anxiously at the front of the enclosure.

As we entered, I heard the rhythmical bounding of a huge grey male bouncing in my direction. He pulled up right in front of me and gestured his nose towards the bag I was holding.

Knowing these creatures could rip me apart in within the blink of an eye, I offered my bag of goodies and he promptly grabbed my hands, holding them still so he could eat the entire contents.

As I stood and admired the enormous size of this large grey male, I heard a group of children come running into the enclosure. Both the big grey male and I turned to see what the commotion was, the children were running towards the herd of kangaroos, flapping about madly and trying to scare them away. Of course they succeeded.

The entire herd dispersed and I was left with my big grey as he looked arrogantly towards the annoying boys. My new grey friend lifted his head in an assertive manner, eyed the young boys and sat back on his tail. This isnt necessarily a good sign if you know kangaroos, it could mean one of two things, he was relaxing or he was getting ready to defend.

My new grey friend turned his head from side to side and with his big brown eyes, viewed the entire area behind him, no doubt checking his escape route and seeing if there were any annoying boys surrounding him.

And just as he was about to settle into his second bag of kangaroo goodies, the annoying boys came screaming towards us; with two powerful bounds, my new grey friend has disappeared into the bushes.

Mutter, mutter, mutter was the sound I made as we left the enclosure. Those kids had ruined my moment with nature, now ALL the kangaroos were gone! As I walked out of the enclosure and around a corner I was met with smaller group of roos, females and they were all standing looking at us as they were expecting us.

We took out our brown bags of specially prepared roo food and the females approached. The first one grabbed my hand tightly and ate rapidly. Another female nudged her out of the road and then I saw the joeys in their pouches. Large babies that didnt look like they should have been in the pouch. Big gangly legs sticking out the same entrance their heads were.

I gentrly reached down and extended my hand to the joey all snug in his mums pouch. The mum took a look around, held still and didnt flinch a muscle. She allowed me to feed her baby while it was being held safe and secure inside her body! What a precious moment!

I thought my moment was ruined with the big grey bounded off, but what I didnt realise was that something equally magical was just around the corner.

Just goes to prove, one door closes, another one opens!