Koalas in the Wild!

Today we went for a walk on the Bundidgerry hiking trail in Narrandera. We have been wanting to see koala bears and Priscilla and Dominic told us that this was the place to go. Boy were they right! It didn't take long to see our first koala. It's round little body was wedged in the fork of a tree. We called up to it and it turned to look at us giving loads of photo ops. In a zoo, the animals are so used to people that they don't even bat an eye when you look at them, but here, they just stared at us, like we were at them. We stayed on the path, much to Jacob's dismay. I was worried about snakes and spiders - you should see the webs and the size of the arachnids around here! I feel like a gladiator killing them in our yard - SHEERA PRINCESS OF POWER! I told Jacob to pretend he was Bear Grills on a wild adventure but he said Bear would never stay on the trail. I told him when he starts wearing steel-toed hikers and full head to toe gear, I'd think about it. He says I still wouldn't let him and well, he's probably right.
The area was recently flooded and it was like special effects as we could clearly see the water line on all of the eucalyptus trees. We also noticed big tracks, that reminded me of Elmer Fud's giant "wabbit". We thought they were kangaroo tracks and there were many all over the muddy trails. Our guess was right because soon after, off in the distance, Jacob noticed movement and there were several kangaroos bounding through the bush. We tried to get photos but they'd disappear in the trees before we could get a shot. We vow to produce a photo of them before long! We really enjoyed the area and I have a feeling it will become a regular walking trail for us. Below is a Smilebox of photos we took on our journey.
P.S. Sam stayed home as he'd had a scooter "incident" and was recovering from his injuries.

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