Koalas, Koalas, and more Koalas......

So here we were today at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary about 11km from the city centre. I think we saw enough koalas today to last a life time and now we are going to share them with you. I'm sure you will have had your fill of koalas too after you finish looking at this post.

Koalas are pretty lazy and spend most of their time sleeping. I think that at least 50% of their life is spent sleeping and another 30% spent 'resting'.

When they are not sleeping or resting, they are eating...

Even when they are awake, they are not the most active creatures.


Here are a couple koalas fighting. They were pretty vicious, biting and clawing at each other. I think it's mating season and the two guys were fighting for the female.

This guy below was the most active one we saw all day. He actually got down out of the tree and was running/walking around on the ground for quite some time. They actually look like cute little mini bears when they are walking around on all fours.



Of course I couldn't leave the koala sanctuary without getting a picture taken at the koala cuddling centre. Cute and cuddly looking aren't they? Well in actual fact, not really... this guy, Damion, was digging his long, sharp claws into my shoulders and belly while I had my picture taken. To my surprise, the pictures turned out alright, I was actually in a bit of pain while he was 'hugging' me. His claws actually poked a couple of fair sized holes into the material of my dress. He almost pooped on me too, I'm very thankful that he waited until right after he was taken out of my arms. Anyways, it was a fun experience and something you just have to do as a tourist in Australia.

There were other animals there other than koalas, but I will save those for a later time. Todd wouldn't have come there with me just to look at koalas. Acutally he was quite disinterested in the koalas and spent most of his time trying to coax the cassowary out to get a picture for you guys.