#26 Koalas in the Wild! 🐨 🇦🇺 跟我来看野生考拉

I spotted these cute guys on Raymond Island in Victoria, Australia (where else in the wild can it be? ;p)

我在澳大利亚维多利亚州东部的雷蒙德岛近距离看到这些可爱的考拉（树袋熊/无尾熊）。以前只在动物园隔着屏障看到过，这还是第一次在它们生活的野生环境中见到。看它们悠然自在的样子，是不是很可爱？

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If you want to reach Raymond Island, first go to Paynesville, the town where you can catch a ferry ⛴ over to the island.

The ferry operates on a daily basis from 6:40am till after 11pm. You can take the ferry by foot or bicycle for free, or by car for $12. We parked our station wagon at Paynesville terminal (located on The Esplanade near Victoria Street), and caught the ferry by foot. It only took a few minutes to reach Raymond Island.

Remember to bring some drinking water with you as there are no shops on Raymond Island. We didn’t know that and were almost dying from thirst strolling the hot and dry island. ;p

我们先来到Paynesville这个小镇，从这里每天有轮渡往返于雷蒙德岛。早上第一班6:40开始，每半小时到一小时一班，一直运营到晚上11点或更晚。步行和骑车免费，摩托车5澳元，汽车12澳元。我们把旅行车停靠在Paynesville的码头，步行上渡轮，短短几分钟就到了岛上。

上岛前记得带足饮用水，或者需要野餐的吃喝，因为岛上是没有小店的，我们当时忘记带水，结果在又热又干的岛上走了一圈，差点没渴死，最后奄奄一息地挪向码头，等到开过来的渡轮，那感觉，仿佛荒岛余生的人盼到了营救的船只 - 终于有了水源的希望！

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On the island, there is a clearly marked 1.3km route of Koala Walk, but we soon strayed from it being distracted by the colorful birds, pretty residential houses surrounded by flowers, and 2 echidnas!

Since koalas only eat Eucalyptus leaves, chances are big you spot them in a gum tree. It is a great experience to see them in their own habitat looking so natural and cozy. I also spotted a baby koala(joey) on his mother’s back high up in the tree, but I didn’t have a telephoto lens with me to get the close-up picture.

The koalas were first introduced to this island in the 1950’s, and recently their overpopulation and lack of food have caused some deaths. So some koalas are being relocated, and there are volunteers working with the Koala and Wildlife center on the Island.

岛上有1.3公里考拉步行路线的标示，但是我们很快就不知道走到哪里去了，因为路边好多漂亮的民居，度假屋，老式房车，鲜花，色彩鲜艳的鹦鹉等各种鸟类，还先后看到两只针鼹鼠在觅食！

考拉是只吃桉树叶的，所以睁大眼睛在桉树枝间仔细找，不难看到它们的身影。这次先后看到大约一打考拉，高高低低地，或坐或挂或睡在树上，慵懒惬意的样子，非常萌。我还看到一只考拉宝宝趴在妈妈背上，真是超级可爱，可惜在很高处，离得太远，没有长焦镜头，只能拍到两个小小的灰点。

雷蒙德岛上的考拉是上世纪50年代引进的，最近的数量激增和食物缺乏导致不少考拉死亡。所以有些考拉被转移到别处，岛上还成立了考拉和野生动物保护中心，也有志愿者帮助照顾这些可爱的小家伙。

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Koalas sleep for around 18 hours a day, so this is a common sight:

考拉一天要睡上18个小时左右，所以下面这幅模样就挺常见啦：

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