Geez ..Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen
We used to live down that way on the Monaro (nearer to Bredbo) which is where 3 of our roo-strikes happened. The other one was on bloody Flemington Rd in Mitchell!
Through a mutual friend I heard of this guy with a late-model Landcruiser trayback who was tootling innocently along the Monaro Hwy late one night betwen Williamsdale & Royalla. Only doing 90km/h & equipped with a really solid steel bullbar and had the big spotlights blazing away to keep a good eye out for Skippy, you'd think he'd be reasonably ok wouldn't you?
Then an almighty CRASH just as he passed beside an embankment through a cutting, followed by lots of thumping, banging and glass breakage. He hadn't seen anything in the headlights but would you believe a big roo had launched itself off the embankment and landed on the roof of the Cruiser from above - literally fallen out of the sky - and ended its days flailing around in the space between the cab & tray. Total repair bill came to around $8000