Funny Name for Animal Reserve!

Blackbutt Reserve

Off we go to meet some more Australian animals at our local reserve. Blackbutt is the name of one of Australia's eucalyptus trees, and not a rude word although Kieran and Sean think it is and laugh every time they hear it. 












We arrived in time to meet some brightly coloured parrots, a little shy rock wallaby, a sleeping wombat and the huge flightless Emus. 

Highlight of the afternoon was getting to meet the Koala, whose closest living relative is the wombat and whose name is an Aboriginal word meaning " without water". 





Koalas never drink, typically inhabit open eucalyptus woodlands, where the leaves of these trees make up most of their diet. They live for around 12 years and spend much of their day sleeping in a fork in a eucalyptus tree. 

Being marsupials, koalas give birth to underdeveloped young that crawl into their mothers pouches, where they stay for the first six to seven months of their lives. 


These young koalas are called joeys.