Where To See See Wild Kangaroos In Australia

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I never get sick of seeing wild kangaroos in Australia, and I’m an Aussie, I see them all the time.

I can’t imagine how excited a foreigner would be to step on our shores and sight our beloved mascot.

Despite what you see in movies, they are not as commonly found as you think. I think the first time I saw one in the wild was on Pebbly Beach in NSW when I was 19. And at Pebbly Beach, they graze on the grass like herds of sheep.

Could you imagine anything more iconic Australian? Kangaroos on the beach.

They are wild, yet they are so used to humans they allow you to come close without so much as an eye raise.

But if you’re not sure where to see wild kangaroos in Australia or where to start looking, here are all the best places to find them.

Can you find kangaroos anywhere in Australia?

But first, can you find wild kangaroos anywhere in Aus? The answer is no. There are many different species of kangeroos, from rat kangeroos to gray kangeroos to Antilopine kangaroos.

The most popular species of kangaroo are the eastern gray, western gray, and red kangaroos.

The eastern gray kangeroo predominantly lives in Queensland and NSW on the East Coast, the western gray typically lives around South Australia, in Southwest Queensland, west New South Wales, west Victoria, and of course, Kangaroo Island (surprisingly we did not see many kangaroos on Kangaroo Island and NONE in Kangaroo Valley (but we saw lots of wombats).

The red kangeroos are usually found in the outback.

They prefer to make their nests near rainforests or eucalytpus woodlands and graze on beaches, so you will usually find them in national parks away from human settlements.

The Best Places To See Wild Kangaroos in Australia

Now you know where you can go looking for wild kangaroos, here are some of the places we found to be the best places to spot them.

1. Murramarang National Park, New South Wales

Over the three days we spent in the Murramarang National Park on the South Coast of NSW, Craig and I had many conversations about how we thought all tourists to Australia should now bypass Taronga Zoo in Sydney and just head a few hours south.

You’ll see kangaroos in the hundreds, wild and free. And I do mean that.

Upon arrival into the Murramarang National park, we came across a paddock in the middle of town near Merry Beach with so many kangaroos…