Big Roo

Lib hit a big roo on her way to work yesterday. Fortunately she kept the car on the road after having no time to brake or swerve, it just appeared suddenly and she collected it left front. It damaged the front panel and bonnet and the side panel around the wheel.

She was able to drive on to work and rang me at 7.05am. I went and looked early arvo after reporting it to our insurance co. I was surprised at the extent of the damage and drove it to Officer to Berwick Body Repairs which is accredited with our insurance. They were excellent last year when they repaired Gord's car after he swerved to miss a wombat causing him to hit a stationary object on the roadside.

You never know what's coming on any given day. We're told it will cost us $600 excess and it will be about three weeks before we get it back. We're lucky to have Ian's Subie to use in the meantime. Let's hope another roo doesn't jump in front of it. They are a real hazard this time of year along that road, on Lib's way to work in the early morn.

Poor Lib. It gave her a fright. We're feeling lucky that she was not injured. I feel sorry for the roo, it was just doing its thing. It disappeared from the roadside after the accident Lib said but I can't see that it would survive after such a violent collision and I hope it was not a slow death. There's terrible carnage to animals and birds on the roads.

Gord took this photo while I was giving Lib the keys to the Subie. It looked far worse from the side 

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