The Nullabor Plain, for me, is one of the most interesting places I've been so far.

It's endlessness is frightening and calming in the same way. There is nothing to do and nowhere to go. The desert is only filled with emptiness and boredom. It totally frees your mind and long forgotten senses beginning to develop. The feeling for the nature with it's stunning features is slowly coming back.

Meeting the Roo

Springtime had already started. A great time to get up with the new day dawning and going for a run in this beautiful nature. All the animals had given birth and were wandering around during sunrise. The emu father will be already waiting, with his cute, stripy, emu babies, just behind the landing strip, for the helicopters. Whilst jogging on my own through its wideness and wilderness it had frighten me a bit. My old Nokia didn’t have any connection out there. No one would hear me screaming. No one would come around possibly for days. Wild dogs are somewhere out there, snakes and giant spiders and after the sun has already risen, heaps of flies will follow your sweat through the giant heat. I followed this endless, straight path into the barren landscape. Possibly you could walk for days before passing a couple of railroad tracks, to afterwards continue walking through the dryness and the downing sun into nothing. The next town is a 6 hour drive away. In the far distance I could see something coming towards me. In the beginning it was only a slight point, but soon I should recognise that it is a bigger animal. First I was thinking it is one of the wild dogs, so I've straightened my back and did clench my fists. Generally if a wild dog does cross your path, it isn't recommended to show any weakness. As the animal came closer, I could see that it was a red giant kangaroo, that was running towards me. I've crossed it's territory and during springtime they protect their babies. My fists were still clenched. Whilst realising what kind of animal it is, I immediately let fall down my armes to the side. I didn't stop running, neither did the kangaroo. I stopped and stared at it and still it didn't stop running towards me. Whilst it came closer and closer, I could make out how big it is. It must have been a male. Slowly I began to turn around and made little steps in the opposite direction, back to the motel. Carefully I turned my head, to see what it was doing. The kangaroo stopped a couple of meters away from me and just stared. I continued my path cautious and would turn my head another couple of times, to see if it’s still staring. The kangaroo jumped back into the bush. For a while I was thinking it is still following me with it's big eyes through the dried out shrubs.

Instinctively I was reacting in a manner, so that the kangaroo could feel no fighting spirit anymore. Having the arms angled and the fists clenched, a kangaroo is seeing human beings immediately as a sparring partner. If humans behave stupid they possibly will get to find themselves in a really dangerous situation, as a giant red kangaroo is able to kill a human easily. These kangaroos are able to run up to 40 miles an hour. A full grown male has a weight of roughly 190 pounds. They can leap 8 metres with every hop. His muscles are incredible. These animals are born to fight and will protect their territory thoroughly. In case humans behave stupid and getting into a fight with these incredible animals, it is best to climb up a tree, if you can find one, or roll yourself up on the floor.