Koala pictures taken during the heat wave.

[Reece]

Some pictures taken of some koala's during the heatwave::yep:
Oh will I make it!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/WillIMakeit.jpg
Yes! Made it!!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/YesMadeit.jpg
Oh Yeh, that hit the spot!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Ohyeh.jpg
Gee what poor aiming!!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/PoorAim.jpg
Satisfied - Nap attack!!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Satisfied.jpg
Soaked & Loving it!!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Soaked.jpg
What can I say!!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/ThatsBetter.jpg

[Torplexed]

Adorable. :)

Yeah...In the aftermath of these fires I'm predicting a slew of 3-D animated Koala movies in the near future now that penguins are passe.

[baggygreen]

I heard a rumour that some people copped snaps of a couple of drop bears at a backyard pool out bush somwhere.

That'd be a sight to see..:yep:

[Rockstar]

Are those critters ok to cook up, what they taste like?

[baggygreen]

Are those critters ok to cook up, what they taste like?Cook one up and you'd have all sorts of govt and NGAs on your back.

They're a protected species. Unlike Roos, which thrive in grasslands when trees are felled, these little guys need as much old-growth and solid bush as possible. Obviously, given as we share the same habitable areas and humans need to remove trees, that poses a few problems for the old koalas.

[Frame57]

I am going to have to find a video I saw of two Koala's fighting. Funniest thing I have seen in awhile.

[August]

Are those critters ok to cook up, what they taste like?

I'd imagine they taste like eucalyptus which is pretty nasty...

[bookworm_020]

I am going to have to find a video I saw of two Koala's fighting. Funniest thing I have seen in awhile.

For creatures that sleep 22 hours a day, when they fight, they FIGHT!:o

[Falkirion]

Yeah you've gotta watch out for those drop bears. I swear I nearly had one land on me one night while I was camping in the bush.

[baggygreen]

Yeah you've gotta watch out for those drop bears. I swear I nearly had one land on me one night while I was camping in the bush.:o

You right mate?? lucky escape...:o

[darius359au]

Yeah you've gotta watch out for those drop bears. I swear I nearly had one land on me one night while I was camping in the bush.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8907/dpmotivationjn9.jpg

[darius359au]

This one not heatwave but i thought I'd throw it in anyways,It was taken just before Christmas in my front yard

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6546/koalapicxd9.th.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=koalapicxd9.jpg)

He'd decided to wander across a main road during the evening peak hour on a Friday Night!! , A woman and some others stopped their cars to stop the traffic for him to get across ,then he wandered into my yard.
According to the parks and wildlife's koala unit , when I rang them , they'd had lots of reports of them wandering across roads in my area - Apparently it was mating season so they were wandering alot more than usual :D
Ive got a creek just behind my place and an unbroken line of conservation area's heading into the Adelaide hills , so we see them fairly regularly walking the eldest to school.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice pics there Reece :up:

[A Very Super Market]

They're adorable!!!!! And actually useful in the enviroment, unlike those stupid Pandas.

On a side note, have you aussies eaten Kangaroos before? What do they even taste like?

[darius359au]

Ive always thought of roo meat as a kinda beefy/gamey type taste - You've got to eat it rare because its a very lean meat so its very easy to over cook and dry it out.Roo meats pretty common too , most Butcher shops and Supermaket's have it now - My Butcher doe's it with a nice Chilli ,herb and garlic marinade.

[baggygreen]

Lotsa posts about eating roo recently - ask tarjak for the best red to go with a nice, med-rare roo steak:salute: