This will hurt me...

You've seen Henry with a koala - twice - now here is Ezra and Jen too! You might note that the koala itself is very much on the nod . The key reason here is, in the politest manner I can manage, it is stoned . Yes, sitting around eating eucalyptus leaves renders you in a Keef Richards-like state of Zen, where toddlers groping you is like water off a duck's back!

How much can a Koala bear? Quite a bit, apparently...

Here is Henry with his new best mate, Diane the koala. Contrary to nonsense spouted by idiots popular belief, koalas are not bears. Rather, they are are thickset arboreal marsupial herbivores that are native to Australia. You'd be amazed at how many people don't know that.

Here is a koala. Koalas are an Australian marsupial, but are not found in the wild in Tasmania (or Western Australia). This koala lives at ZooDoo , which is just outside Hobart in the town of Richmond . I managed to get right next to this little lady and snap off a picture. If you’ve got littlies, or just like animals, I’d heartily recommend a visit to ZooDoo. You can get in close to most of their animals, and the kids can touch and have their picture taken with pretty much anything there (although I don’t think they let you for a play with their new pair of Bengal Tigers! The Koala is sort of like a Wombat that lives in a tree. Wombats are their closest living relatives, but koalas have a thicker coat, much larger ears and longer limbs. They also have large, sharp claws to assist with climbing tree trunks. We have plenty of wombats in the wild down here in Tassie. But, please, don't get worried. I’ve never heard of wombats OR koalas acting out in the strange manner that one New Z...