See, we dont lie!!!
 

They do live in our front yards and we do use them as a mode of transport...

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1493/roos1.jpg

Oh crap, its time to go pick up the kids....

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3797/roosk.jpg

Im outta here...
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8163/roos3c.jpg


Waiting for the bus to drop off the kids...
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1763/roos4w.jpg

This couple is a daily visitor to my house and sometimes they bring the extended family with joeys.

Cute?...yes. But that big boy doesnt back off when you go near him and when I have the dogs, he actually comes at me.

They are beautiful creatures though.

I like the possums.
Nearly every episode of Animal Rescue they seem to need to be hauled out of trouble.
But they look so CUTE!

That and mangy dogs kept by bogans of course.
But they are ususually flea ridden and have to be put down.
(and the dogs!)

that is *so* cool!

is that your neighborhood, Ducks?

Wait, what?!
Watching I'm a Celebrity - they had possum in their sausages tonight?!?!?

Nooooooes!

The way they stand and their physique...they look like bodybuilders!

I wouldn't want to scrap with one.

That is so cool.

How do they, um, taste?

I've eaten roo.
It's good. But easy to overcook.
Those buggers are ACTIVE and that means a low fat content.

with their tongues! just like you and me!

Snicker.

I missed the thrust of the question.
It's red meat. It's steaky and a tiny bit gamey.
But Jim's answer FTW.

That big fella is pretty damn big. Given where you are and how he looks I presume he's an Eastern Gray rather than a Red, so by that standard he is BIG.
He could give someone a right kicking.

It is cool, but a little dangerous. Especially for the dogs. Are there any dams or lakes nearby?

And when he chases you, trying to escape you run into venomous spiders and snakes... or Crocodiles. They work together you know. :yesnod:

dont forget the drop bears !!!

Trap-door wombats!