--- description: He wasn't there to scare anyone title: Watch a Wild Kangaroo Casually Join Australian Beachgoers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Wild Kangaroo Casually Join a Bunch of Australian Beachgoers by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2015 4:59 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2015 4:59 PM CUT A group of Aussies were enjoying an otherwise ordinary beach day—remember, it’s almost summer over there–when they got a surprise visit from a kangaroo, NBC News [reports](http://www.nbcnews.com/video/wild-kangaroo-surprises-beachgoers-560866883703 "undefined"). Out of nowhere, a wild kangaroo started hopping along One Mile Beach in New South Wales. People were obviously intrigued by the creature, but they weren’t too scared. After all, this is Australia, where kangaroos are basically just people. A lifeguard hung around to make sure everyone was okay, but the kangaroo seemed very friendly. He wasn’t there to hurt anyone. He was there to work on his tan. _Read next:_ [_Visiting Kangaroo Breaks Loose in Staten Island_](http://time.com/4077477/kangaroo-staten-island/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4102907/wild-kangaroo-australia-beach/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4102907/wild-kangaroo-australia-beach/"},"headline":"Watch a Wild Kangaroo Casually Join a Bunch of Australian Beachgoers","datePublished":"2015-11-06T16:59:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:41.922Z","description":"A lifeguard made sure he didn't hurt anybody","url":"https://time.com/4102907/wild-kangaroo-australia-beach/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4102907/wild-kangaroo-australia-beach/","name":"Watch a Wild Kangaroo Casually Join a Bunch of Australian Beachgoers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4102907/wild-kangaroo-australia-beach/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4102907/wild-kangaroo-australia-beach/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```