Wongarra Beach

Here is an overcast day view from Whitecrest Great Ocean Road Resort. I took three images and put them together using Canon Photo stitch. This is my first panoromic photo stitch try, I am sure the result would be much better with a better view and sufficient day light.

Mutlu Gunler…

Koalas aren’t bears!

We were travelling back from Wongarra, near Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road. Next thing you know, there was a group of  Koalas were sleeping/resting (what a surprise) on the road side trees. We stopped and took a few photos, these days it is hard to see them around.

Some fatcs about Koalas:

Koalas aren’t bears as many people are led to believe. They aren’t even related to bears. The koala is related to the kangaroo and the wombat. The koala is a mammal. The reason the koala is called a koala bear is because the koala looks like a teddy bear.
The koala’s scientific name is Phasclarctos cinereus.
Now there are only 2,000 to 8,000 koalas in the wild! Although not officially classified as endangered, the population of Australian koalas has dropped by 90% in less than a decade!

This is due to the destruction of the koala’s natural habitat, a narrow crescent on the eastern coast of Australia. Logging, agriculture and urban development have not only reduced the area available to them, but added other dangers. The koala’s habitat has been criss-crossed by roads, resulting in many road kills and attacks by neighboring pet dogs are frequent. Disease, too, has taken its toll on the koala…