Fijn, Natasha2021-03-112203-4404http://hdl.handle.net/1885/227103Animals killed and injured on roads are a familiar sight in Australia. Within the contained security of a vehicle it is easy to speed past at over 100-kilometres an hour, scarcely giving a second thought to the lifeless bodies on the side of the road. Just hours earlier a wallaby may have been in search of fresh pick on the other side; a kookaburra may have been distracted while socializing; or a wombat may have been crossing the highway to locate water from a nearby river but met with sudden death.application/pdfen-AU© Copyright of individual poems, art works, articles and reviews remains with the contributors 2014–2019.Impact on the Kings Highway20142020-11-15