Grampians National Park

After arriving at Melbourne Airport, we drove about 3 hrs nw to Grampians National Park, where we had been told there was an abundance of wildlife. We were very concerned that we might travel 25,000 miles without actual seeing a live kangaroo, or an emu. The closest we had come was kangaroo road-kill near Alice Springs (which had actually been pretty exciting because a very large ( >1m) black wedge-tailed eagle had beed feasting on it).
Along the route to Grampians we passed these amazing fields, which we later learned were canola.

Grampians NP is the end of a mountain range that stretches across central Australia. We stayed in Halls Gap, a tiny town located in a beautiful mountain valley. The weather was fabulous, sunny, high 60s, no flies, no "mossies", and indeed there was an abundance of wildlife. Kangaroos grazed on the grounds among the cottages where we stayed. Large flocks of white cockatoos flew down the valley chattering away. Brilliant red-blue rosellas fed on the grass, and laughing kookaburras whooped it up in the trees, creating even more of a racket than the drunken Aussies next door.

We went for a stroll in the NP along a path which crossed a beautiful wooded meadow where there were dozens of kangaroos grazing and several emus feeding. When I went back the next day I saw a herd of about 50 kangaroos racing across the meadow into the woods, and the 10 minutes later racing back in the other direction. The grazing kangaroos, emus and I watched in astonishment.

Later I watched this large male for about 10 minutes follow the female, expecting some interesting activity to occur, but she had too many evasive moves and he eventually gave up.