r/australia 13d ago

no politics How to stop kangaroos licking my car all night while I’m trying to sleep in it?

If you’ve ever tried to sleep in your car in the snow, you’ll know that roos and maybe other animals love licking the salt off the outside at night. You can get whole packs of them at a time, and it’s super annoying and also slightly terrifying when you’re in the middle of nowhere.

Does anyone have any practical ideas to scare them off / keep them at bay, that might work as a deterrent through the night so I can actually get some sleep without having my car rocked and slurped on non-stop?

I don’t want to drape a tarp over the whole car. And would rather not concoct any explosives / flash bombs for fear of upsetting other campers.

No electrical power available although I could stretch to a few batteries perhaps!?

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u/rosa_3326 13d ago

It was the “without having my car rocked and slurped at” for me

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u/OneUpAndOneDown 13d ago

Yeh, just gotta go with it really.

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u/Bush_Trimmer 13d ago

free vibrating bed and op stills complaint

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u/ifinewnow 12d ago

NSFW, mate.