Mum and Dad have lived on the farm for about 25 years now (seriously!) and for that whole time we've seen our fair share of wildlife. Dad probably more than the rest of us.
Just recently we've had the wombat and even the little wallaby that comes to visit. We've even seen a platypus and echidnas are a common occurrence. Never, in that whole time, has a koala been spotted... until this October.
Dad saw it. Up a tree of course. (A manna gum if you're interested.)
It was a timely coincidence with everyone around for Tim's party.
Now our foreign friends might be wondering why we were so excited over this furry little friend (and we couldn't decide whether to call it Kylie or Kevin) but koalas in the wild aren't the easiest things to spot. For one, they are tree coloured and they don't move round an awful lot. So we were extra excited when this one started climbing around the tree for us.
Some photos...
He was sitting out the end of the branch eating some leaves and just got up and came back to the trunk.
Yep, that's him (looks like a him don't you think?) staring down at us. Not in the least bothered, but then he was pretty high up. Maybe he hasn't seen many ground dwellers in his life either.
There he goes, up the trunk. The claws on a koala can actually make them quite ferocious up close, not that they leap at you, but if you pick them up with their strength and those claws they can do a fair amount of damage.
This fellow was still in this tree the next day, but was gone the day after. He might have crossed the creek and headed off into the scrub, or he may have just been hiding in one of the other trees in the area. Either way, we were happy to have had the chance to see one in the wild, on the farm.
Just recently we've had the wombat and even the little wallaby that comes to visit. We've even seen a platypus and echidnas are a common occurrence. Never, in that whole time, has a koala been spotted... until this October.
Dad saw it. Up a tree of course. (A manna gum if you're interested.)
It was a timely coincidence with everyone around for Tim's party.
Now our foreign friends might be wondering why we were so excited over this furry little friend (and we couldn't decide whether to call it Kylie or Kevin) but koalas in the wild aren't the easiest things to spot. For one, they are tree coloured and they don't move round an awful lot. So we were extra excited when this one started climbing around the tree for us.
Some photos...
He was sitting out the end of the branch eating some leaves and just got up and came back to the trunk.
Yep, that's him (looks like a him don't you think?) staring down at us. Not in the least bothered, but then he was pretty high up. Maybe he hasn't seen many ground dwellers in his life either.
There he goes, up the trunk. The claws on a koala can actually make them quite ferocious up close, not that they leap at you, but if you pick them up with their strength and those claws they can do a fair amount of damage.
This fellow was still in this tree the next day, but was gone the day after. He might have crossed the creek and headed off into the scrub, or he may have just been hiding in one of the other trees in the area. Either way, we were happy to have had the chance to see one in the wild, on the farm.
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