Koalas Can’t “Bear” Each Other’s Company

WTF is up with Australia these days? What is supposed to be a scorching hot country where bush fires are the main environmental risk has somehow become the Country of Eternal Rain (I’m sure you’ve all heard about the deadly floods lately). Well, we aren’t in any danger of being washed away in the streets (parents: breathe sigh of relief now), but the rain seems to be following us nonetheless. We took my buddy Scott and his (pregnant) wife Hannah on their first camping trip in Australia along the Great Ocean Road. It rained and rained, which sucked, but at least there were heaps of koalas perpetually perched above our campsite. Elise was completely smitten with these real life teddy bears; I almost had to hold her back from climbing up a eucalypt tree to cradle-rob a baby koala! However, instead of seeing the koalas cuddling with each other up in the trees we saw turf wars galore. Watch the video below to see some Planet Earth series-calibre animal behaviour. It’s pretty awesome, although my camera’s SD card maxed out right at the wrong time, so it’s a bit of a ‘cliff hanger’ (you’ll see what I mean).

-G

Scott and Hannah mistakingly brought a little pup tent which couldn't even fit their air mattress, let alone their bodies! Luckily, the air mattress did fit in the back of our wagon so they had the honour of sleeping in our car!....rookies.....