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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: StinkyPete on February 14, 2016, 07:42:44 AM

Title: Visitor to my Garden
Post by: StinkyPete on February 14, 2016, 07:42:44 AM

We had this bloke grunting around the place last night, and he's moved into a tree in our front yard for the day.   It's wonderful that we can often see them in our suburban neighborhood trees.

Title: Re: Visitor to my Garden
Post by: Draco (Heartbreak Kid) on February 14, 2016, 08:39:41 AM

yes, its probably very hard for them to find a decent home when us humans are taking their habitat and cutting down all their trees, nice to see though. My old place had a whole family living in the trees in my yard, BUT neighbors complained about the noise so the council (In their STRANGE wisdom) took them away  :o :'(  :well :-(((  Even the little ones would come down and wander in the yard :thumbsup

Title: Re: Visitor to my Garden
Post by: Brock on February 14, 2016, 08:54:19 AM

It may look like a Koala, but I'm pretty sure its a Drop Bear, Dont go out after dark...

Title: Re: Visitor to my Garden
Post by: Kev Murphy on February 14, 2016, 10:37:03 AM

Very common in the area where I live... Regularly have them on the footpath/in a tree at my driveway
... and I live in the main central shopping block in town!

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/DSCF1565_zpsfyungrhj.jpg)

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/DSCF1566_zpsdhslbdqh.jpg)

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/koala_zpssrxeh5t9.jpg)

This lil fella wandered past some people having a coffee on the footpath last year. See link below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEZZtcqI9xA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEZZtcqI9xA)

Title: Re: Visitor to my Garden
Post by: Kev Murphy on February 14, 2016, 10:45:28 AM

These are regular visitors here... me having a pat

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/Koala%203_zpsdg9ecioc.jpg)

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/Koala%202_zps57ukgrqr.jpg)

Title: Re: Visitor to my Garden
Post by: Biggles on February 14, 2016, 02:38:43 PM

Obviously just visiting.  It doesn't look much like a Gum tree.

Quote from: StinkyPete on February 14, 2016, 07:42:44 AM

We had this bloke grunting around the place last night, and he's moved into a tree in our front yard for the day.   It's wonderful that we can often see them in our suburban neighborhood trees.

Don't let him move in permanently.  They can strip a tree given enough time.  Give the tree a chance to recover and give him a call for a return visit. 
You would have seen the Gums around Cape Otway.

Pretty amazing that they're so tame.

Title: Re: Visitor to my Garden
Post by: Kev Murphy on February 14, 2016, 02:48:27 PM

They are not fussy about gums, except at feeding time... any tree in a storm so to speak, to avoid dogs, pedestrians, cars...

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/kjm47/Koala_zps0xy0khsd.jpg)

This one on my fence at night about 3 weeks ago

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/kjm47/IMG_13785_zpsywo0bsae.jpg)