Kool Koala

Totally adorable and just perfect Gillian. (Lovely Australian bokeh too.)

Thanks Karen :-)

Great boke and so cute with the koala looking like a stuffed toy . Easy fave right off the bat! :)

Thanks Chris. It is a toy, measuring about 2 and a half inches high :-)

I got one of these... and this is very cute Gillian, too bad they are dwindling in numbers...
human intervention yet again spoil Mother nature!

Thanks Wendi. Good that there are plenty of the toy Koalas around :-)

Love it! This is great!!

If you cannot get the real thing - improvise!! ;0))

very nice idea

Great idea and shot.

very cute, nice little toys those . . .

Very cute and good idea
Love that Bokeh too

This is so cute. When we visited Australia, we actually saw a few wild ones. We saw far more in zoos and all of my good photos of koalas came from zoos because they were much closer to the camera and in better light.

There are a few in the Noosa National Park and we saw one at the very top of a gum tree down there once.

Gillian, Congratulations on Explore ... very deserving!

Thanks Chris :-)

I hope Koalas will not vanish =( They are such a cool animals. Hey! We have exactly similar souvenir at work! =O

Thanks Sami :-)

Oh yes! Nothing goes together better than Australia and koalas! I do hope they can be saved. Wonderful bokeh and texture, Gillian!

Thanks Val :-)

congrats on explore Gillian

Thanks Wendi :-)

Cute photo Gillian! :-)

Thanks Norm :-)

Great textures and bokeh plus that cute little toy makes for a great shot. Just such a shame that the number of real ones in the wild are in decline ... mankind has a lot to answer for!

Thanks Paul. TV report on Channel 9...

Ultrasound used as latest weapon to combat chlamydia in koala population.

New diagnosis tool for disease that causes blindness and infertility and affects up to 90% of koalas in some locations is quicker than conventional testing methods.
News at theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/19/ultrasound-used-as-latest-weapon-to-combat-chlamydia-in-koala-population

Thanks everyone for your great feedback, much appreciated :-)

Very cute.

Thanks Don :-)

Thanks Yvonne and Paul :-)

Everybody's kwintessentially kute Koala. Klever idea!

:-) Thanks Neil

You can tell it's a toy because it's awake!