Well there I was travelling 100km/h near Mudgee in my X-trail without
one of those nudge bars.

A bunny rabbit sprints across the road and I think I am going to make
mince meat of this.  The bunny disappears out of sight.

The next thing is I see the bunny at bonnet height and BANG! It had
jumped-up in the air to get away from this approaching monster!  What
luck.

Stop and inspect the damage:

Grill broken, bonnet front bent, stress fractures in the bumber and
hair and poop over the last.  Nothing else visible. I drive for another
1800 cliks no probs.

Take in into the insurance assessor: Plus the items I notice above, the
radiator is hanging on by one mount.  The a/c evaporator and radiator
are bent in a V shape, the cooling fan hub has placed a neat
indentation in the radiator.  Around $4,000 damage all up.

I I hit a good size roo I reckon the bill would have been in the 5
figures.

Should have installed that nudge bar.