Kennett River

Near this river there is one stretch of roads where there are many colorful birds. We heard that there are also wild koalas near there too. But we did not manage to spot any on the trees. Bring some bird feeds so that u can take a picture with the birds!

I just had to find wild koalas during my trip to Australia and based on web reviews, I figured this would be one of the best chances I had. When we pull into the parking areas the first things we see are kookaburras, ducks, parrots, and cockatoos everywhere. As I am taking photos the birds land on my head to perch twice (I did not have any feed at all with me, and birds tend to bite me so I had no intention of getting that close, but it made for some fun photos). When the busses leave, the birds calm down and stay in the trees awaiting the next group of bird-seed carrying tourists. My husband and I decide to walk up the road to spot koalas and sure enough we see several of them sleeping in the crooks of the trees. As we are coming back down, another tour group is there and everyone is pointing. Sure enough there is a koala sleeping right next to the path at the very start of the trailhead and we had just missed it the first time. Made for some fantastic close-up photos (using my telephoto lens). Also there is a walk by the river on the other side of the shop that had lots of informational signs about the wildlife of the region. We had a great time seeing the native animals in the wild.

Magical place