EVEN after years playing football, ACT local David Striegl had never got into a fight - until he was knocked out cold by a rogue kangaroo. Mr Striegl, 25, was running up Canberra's Mount Ainslie during his lunchbreak yesterday and did not think twice when he spotted one of the resident roos nearby. The bushland reserve in the nation's capital is popular with joggers and cyclists, and assaults by the marsupials who share the mountain are rare. Mr Striegl was knocked unconscious and remembers little about the attack."I turned around and before I knew it, it took a swipe at my face," he said.
A passing motorist roused the dazed and bloody victim and took him to hospital.
It's been a while since I was in Canberra, but Kangaroos used to come down and graze on the green grass that grew on the irrigated median strip of main thoroughfares. Although these Roos didn't seem to have the habit of leaping out in front of passing vehicles like those I've encountered in the Bush. I once hit three Roos in the space of about 20 minutes. You can't avoid the buggers.