In the morning we left the hotel and drove two and a half hours to Kennett River which is famous for its wild koalas. As soon as we got out of the car we could see a koala way up in a tree with a group of people at the trunk of the tree.
We got a few photos through the branches before 3 cockatoos flew past us. We headed over to see them and found a ton of cockatoos and parrots. One even flew right on to Zaddek's shoulder looking for food. Zaddek and Sage foraged the ground for extra seeds and Dad and I went up the road looking for koalas. We didn't find anymore up the road but we did get a good view of a bay.
We headed back down and spotted a second koala hanging from a more bare Eucalyptus. Kaden and I went to get a better angle and soon at least ten other people were there. Koalas hardly ever come down out of their tree but I guess the koala decided to find a more private place to sleep because it descended the tree and walked right through the people grunting a warning for us to back off. He went right up the ravine and under the iron gate and would have run into my mom if she hadn't have jumped out of the way. I went a few feet to the right and slid underneath the gate with the camera and ran across the road keeping a good 10 feet distance to the right and staying 10 feet ahead to get his face in the photo. After he had crossed the road I handed the camera to Zaddek who got some great photos of him climbing up the tree.
Soon the koala was out of sight through the branches so we got some lunch at the small cafe in the parking lot.
(The kookaburra was sitting at a table outside the cafe.)
Once we were back on the road we drove by a park where there were kangaroos hanging out. We got close enough for pictures then kept going back to Melbourne. We got to the airport hotel and relaxed ready for our flight to Cairns the next day.
Total vans: 1
Total miles walked: 1.2 miles
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