Most Australians regard 'roos with some affection, but farmers in areas prone to drought usually consider them pests. Kangaroo meat is low in fat, and kangaroo patties or kangaroo tail soup are well-known country food. We generally refer to them as roos, kangaroos, or wallabies. The males are bucks, Old Men or boomers, the females does and the young, joeys. Pet kangaroos may become quite friendly, and there are tame ones in many wild-life parks.
Kangaroos are quite well-known in fiction and folklore.
They are reasonably big, but an adult could easily hold one in both arms - if the koala happened to be tame. Koalas look superficially like bears, but they are not even remotely related. Koalas eat only the leaves of a few species of gum tree, and don't seem to drink at all. The best place to see a koala is in a zoo or wild-life park, but you may occasionally see them sitting in trees along the country roads of NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Because they sit so still, they can be difficult to spot.