Doing the Koala count

Every year for the last 22 years a group of dedicated volunteers have counted Koalas in the villages along our coast. I recently chatted to Ray, one of these guys about how they do it and how the numbers are going. They have about 10 people and each one walks exactly the same path on the same one day of the year and does a count. He does a section behind our township, Wye River and this is what he's found. In 1986 he counted 2 Koalas. In 2008 he counted 36. Wow!! That pretty much confirms my estimation too. When we first purchased "Treetops" about 10 years ago we'd see a Koala about once a month. Now we see them every day and even have George, our resident literally living in our backyard. We do love George, he's pretty entertaining for a Koala that sleeps 20 hours a day, especially when he drops down onto the balcony and sits with the birds for breakfast. We hope he decides that "Treetops" is his home for a long time to come.