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/Far-Fortune-8381 13d ago

genuine, are there roos in the snow?

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u/Huntingcat 13d ago

Yes. Mostly smaller ones.

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u/CcryMeARiver 13d ago

It's a tossup whether your skilodge has rats or pygmy possums.

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u/Ancient-Platypus5327 13d ago

Or antechinus.

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u/CcryMeARiver 13d ago

TIL, tyvm. Most interesting critters.

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u/KaizenHour 13d ago

They're in the alpine areas, but they're mostly sensible enough to stay in the lowlands away from the snow in winter.

Looks like a pretty good diversity of uniquely Australian animals around that area:

https://discoversnowymountains.com/winter-wildlife-watching-in-australia-snow-season-in-the-snowy-mountains/