The big banana certainly was big - and the chocolate ones would have been nicer if they had been less intimidating. The koala hospital was very moving, made you want to bequeath your life savings to them. They were able to treat up to 100 koalas, but fortunately for them, but not for us, they only had 5 in there (and 5 more we couldn’t see, in intensive care). These were mainly suffering from age related illnesses, but they often get car accident victims and, of course, victims of bush fires. They have a 2 year waiting list for volunteers from overseas – I’m not surprised. It is all so sad, the councils keep cutting down their food trees, for housing. We left Port Macquarie and headed for Nelson Bay, an absolute jewel – allegedly –
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