On a large and smooth rock surrounded by dense scrub is a single, male kangaroo. It was first recorded by Fred McCarthy in 1946, and then by Ian Sim in 1966.
McCarthy described the “leaping kangaroo” as having a”down tail, convex belly suggesting a pouch, straight foreleg, vertical with 3 digits, hindleg with thigh and lower end curved forward with rounded end, and hind leg is attached to outline of body, straight tail at steep angle almost parallel with the hind leg… a neatly posed animal with its head forward and its tail and hind almost parallel as in the middle of a leap”.
Although the platform is now surrounded by scrub and trees, there would have been sweeping views over Brisbane Water when the vegetation was managed by regular burns.
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