Trust me, every mention of that notion is accompanied with the primal urge to slap the ignorance off of a bald eagle.
I did when I was younger and the show first came out, don't anymore. Yay! I'm not alone. No. Just no.
As an Aussie I can tell you that I have been Kangaroo riding a time or two The trouble with getting there though, is all the crocodiles that snap at your tyres as you drive across the creeks