Koalas

Driving down to blanket bay we noticed a man taking photographs of something in a tree, as we slowed down to see what it was we noticed it was a Koala. We were so excited! We pulled over and took a picture too, when talking to the man and his family it turned out they'd chosen this road because it was quite common to see a Koala. Glad to hear this we drove on feeling really lucky to have seen one in the wild but really hoping we might even see another. John was driving so I was on Koala watch, I was looking high into the trees when John shouted to look ahead on the road. It was unbelievable! There was a Koala wandering up the road. He was completely unphased by us. We stopped the van so not to scare him. He also stopped, looked around for a bit and then carried on walking past us, if anything he looked a little miffed that he had to walk around the van before he could go on his merry way. Driving on we saw several more in and around the trees and even more on the camping ground, one feeding his/her young. They're amazing creatures. We've learnt lots about them since talking with Aussies. When I refereed to them as Koala 'bears' apparently this was wrong, they are not a bear at all, this was added by the Americans, they are closer to the ant eater family. They eat so much eucalyptus that their body becomes so tired digesting it that they sleep for 18 hours a day this is also why when you see them moving they are so lethargic looking. Also from spending more than a week camping in the forest with the Koalas, the wild Bore that we keep hearing (snorting and growling really loudly) that we've been a little scared of is actually a male Koala. And the females sound a bit like a whiny baby. Sorry if this is a little boring, we're completely fascinated by them.