Samantha Armytage stopped dead in her tracks on a walk with Banjo as they’re met with giant kangaroo

Samantha Armytage came face-to-face with an unexpected visitor on her morning walk with her pet dog Banjo on Tuesday. 

The former Sunrise co-host, 46, who lives with her equestrian businessman husband Richard Lavender on his million-dollar Southern Highlands estate, revealed she took Banjo out for a walk when they came across a giant Kangaroo on their property. 

The Farmer Wants a Wife star shared a picture of the intimidating marsupial on her Instagram stories, saying it stood taller than their 5’7” wooden fence. 

Sam said she and Banjo were rescued by Richard, 63, who came to pick them up in his 4wd to stop them crossing paths with the animal.

In her stories, she described the kangaroo as being ‘bloody big’ and ‘scary’. 

‘Morning walks. Richard had to come and pick us up… Because there was a bloody big scary kangaroo,’ Samantha said. 

She added underneath a snap of the roo: ‘Best pic I could get of him. But for scale… that fence is 5’7”.’

Sam sold her North Bondi home for $2.8million in July 2020, before moving to the Southern Highlands full-time. 

The former Sunrise co-host, 46, who lives with her equestrian businessman husband Richard Lavender on his million-dollar Southern Highlands estate, revealed she took Banjo out for a walk when they came across a giant Kangaroo on their property

Sam said she and Banjo were rescued by Richard, 63, who came to pick them up in his 4wd

Sam sold her North Bondi home for $2.8million in July 2020, before moving to the Southern Highlands full-time

She tied the knot with Lavender, a successful equestrian businessman, at his 40-hectare property in Bowral on New Year’s Eve in 2020.

The pair married at his home around midday, and then moved to a luncheon at the Centennial Vineyards Restaurant in Bowral.

The journalist met her husband Richard at socialite Skye Leckie’s 60th birthday party in April 2019, and she said there was an instant connection.

She previously told Stellar: ‘I think we make a good match. I was very lucky to find him at that point in my life.’ 

Richard added about the early days of their romance: ‘There’s been a lot said about that stuff but, honestly, I think she was just looking for something a bit different when she met me.’

Richard is a stakeholder of Lavender Equestrian, which offers a variety of services for horses in the region, including breeding and training.

According to property records, his 40-hectare farm in Berrima cost $1.95million when he bought it in 2007.

She tied the knot with Lavender, a successful equestrian businessman, at his 40-hectare property in Bowral on New Year’s Eve in 2020