Woodlands, Kangaroos and a 70-300mm Zoom

It's spring in Melbourne, so what better excuse to take my still relatively new 70-300mm Fujifilm zoom lens to the somewhat (okay 20km down the road) Woodlands park to see what nature I can capture.

I know there are Kangaroos in this park so it was always going to be a good chance to see those and see what this lens can really do
 

 
Kangaroos tend to hang around in the shade so you are always trying to balance light.

They are strange creatures, always alert and always watching.

This little guy has a little bit more to learn though
 

Eventually he will grow up to be this big muscular guy, when the stand like this they are just so insanely impressive

But it's not all Kangaroos here, there are also some lovely birds.

This rosella

And these Sulphur Crested Cockatoos
 

 
and finally there is of course the landscape, and plenty of rocks to climb up on to, if only you can work out how to get back down again....