Yesterday, we went bush walking in search of Koalas in Port Stephens. Apparently evenings are the best time to find them in ‘active’ mode as they tend to spend the whole day dozing off their Eucalyptus rush. In the evenings they tend to crawl around tree tops to feed on more Eucalyptus leaves. Unfortunately that is also a perfect time to be eaten alive by huge Mosquitos but that is another story I guess.

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Anyway. after walking around for about 30 minutes in an area (see map above) in Port Stephens which is well known for its Koala population we had a hard time seeing any in the treetops. Of course an elderly man had to come to our rescue to point one out in one of the trees we had just walked by . Here are the (slightly enhanced) shots I was able to take before it got too dark: