Koalas in the Wild

It is already some time ago that we, for the first time since arrival, travelled to the other side of the continent together. First a day trip (7 hours flight) from Perth via Brisbane to Townsville in Queensland. I was already in Queensland for a mountain retreat meeting of our research group, a kind of team building exercise. We slept in small wooden houses in the middle of the mountain rainforest and all discussions and presentations outside.

After the retreat I met Andrew on Magnetic Island, our main destination for a long weekend. Our goal: Spot Koalas in the Wild. Magnetic Island is a small tropical island 20 minutes by Ferry off Townsville. We stayed in a lovely apartment close to the beach with Rock Wallabies (a small kanguru) and Possums (Beuteltier) in the Trees around us. But the most exciting experience we had was the 2 green frogs in the toilet every evening. Dont ask me how they got there.
Well, second day we went off to the Koala track and yes, we spotted the Koalas, an entire family with baby. Watch for yourself how cute they are.




We have already adopted a koala, we are now proud parents of Kane, born on the 9th November 2009, the 20th anniversary that the Berlin wall came down. What a coincidence.