Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Photo of the Week: Kennett River Koala

Australia's unique wildlife is reason alone to visit the continent.  In fact, it was the chance to see kangaroos, wombats, koalas, wallabies, and other critters that brought me to Australia.  While traveling on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, I spotted some koalas at Kennett River.  Kennett River is located about two hours southwest of Melbourne and is known as one of the best places in the world to see koalas in the wild.  Because koalas dine almost exclusively on eucalyptus leaves, which are poisonous to most other species and offer little protein, they sleep up to eighteen hours each day.  As you can tell, the koala in this photo was just waking up! 

Koala in Kennett River, Australia, Great Ocean Road
Photo of the week is part of "Photo Thursday," started by Nancie at the Budget Travelers Sandbox.  Please visit her site to check out other amazing photos! 
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9 comments:

  1. LeighApril 13, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    If only the koalas were as cuddly as this one looks. Is it a rare occurrence to see koalas?

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  2. RyukyuMikeApril 14, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    Love those little critters. If you ever get excess, send me some ! Cool capture.

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  3. LaurelApril 14, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    Awwww, I love koalas, but I've never seen one in the wild before.

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  4. EvanApril 14, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    Koalas are not rare near Kennett River, though I don't know of many other places where they are so easy to spot.

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  5. Debbie Beardsley @ European TravelistaApril 14, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    Cute little Koala! These little animals are so cute and cuddly.

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  6. Michael FigueiredoApril 14, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Aw, how cute! I just read that a baby koala was born at the Los Angeles Zoo yesterday. Your photo inspired me...I might have to go see it for myself :)

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  7. Cathy SweeneyApril 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    In addition to that koala being the cutest creature I've seen today, I love the way you framed this photo and caught that beautiful blue sky.

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  8. NancieApril 15, 2011 at 2:13 AM

    I love these little fellas!

    Thanks for posting to Travel Photo Thursday!

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  9. JimApril 15, 2011 at 3:21 AM

    Cute and cuddly but sadly numbers are falling in many areas. Meantime here in New Zealand we can send back a shitload of possums to Australia!
    http://holesinmysoles.blogspot.com/2011/04/travel-photo-thursday-april-14th.html

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