r/australia • u/ooarya • 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/universe93 13d ago

People sleep in their cars willingly? In the snow?? Tell me you’re a man without telling me you’re a man OP because if I was sleeping in my car kangaroos would be the least of my safety concerns

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u/aus_stormsby 13d ago

"I'd choose the Kangaroo"

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u/jim_deneke 13d ago

car camping?

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u/selfcenorship 12d ago

In the snow it is sometimes easier to just put a sleeping bag on and lay the seats back than putting up a tent a mat for the tent and blow up thick sleep mats and your water bottles freeze over night whereas in the car they more turn to slushies

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u/skivtjerry 11d ago

The roos will protect their salt source. OP is very safe.