Mai and Koala

If you want to see Koalas up close and personal in their natural habitat , you must visit the Koala Conservation Centre at Phillip Island. As part of my Phillip Island trip, other than visiting Penguins Parade and the Nobbies Centre, I also visited the Koala Conservation Centre.

Koalas are native to Australia. They sleep a lot, averaging 20 hours a day. When I visited the Conservation Centre, I was lucky to see a couple of them actually awake eating gumtree leaves. Again, Gum trees are also native Australian Plants. They are very combustible thus can be the cause of Australian Bush Fires. Some of my pictures will show a Koala in a curling position which is a natural act when the weather’s cold and it was .

The Koala Conservation Centre has a tree top broadwalk where you could get close to the Koalas. Other than Koalas, I saw a wallaby and couple of Australian Birds – Gallah and King fisher.

I was furious when couple of Chinese tourists ignored the warning of not to touch the koalas or shake the trees. I told them off by saying please do not do that and have respect to our native wildlife. The warning signs were very clear with both verbal and graphical signage! I also told the tourists that although Koalas can look cute and cuddly they have the potential to scratch your eyes out, remember the incident 2 years ago? ;P muahhaa I think they believed me.

Related posts:

1. Nobbies Centre, Phillip Island
2. Penguin Parade at Phillip Island
3. Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris
4. Australian Aviation Heritage Centre, Darwin
5. Wildlife of Australia the Northern Territory