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At Ulupna Island we were fortunate enough
to spot 12 koalas. This slow-moving fellow made a "dash"
from one gum tree to another -- a rare sight as koalas rarely
move during the day. They are nocturnal and usually spend their
days sleeping in the upper branches of the eucalyptus trees on
which they feed. By the time we left Ulupna Island we had sore
necks from craning upwards to spot koala bears and Neil had fallen
off his bike three times -- a little-known hazard of koala-spotting
while bicycle touring.
(Possibly the best place for spotting koala
in Australia is off the coast of South Australia at Kangaroo
Island. There, some 30,000 (as of last Wednesday), of the furry
marsupials compete for the delicious eucalyptus leaves that are
their favoured food.
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