Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Whilst in Port Macquarie we popped into the Koala hospital. The hospital has a few permanent inmates which you get to see but most are kept hidden so that they can be rehabilitated and released back into the wild without getting too accustomed to humans. The permanent inmates can't be released for various reasons, including blindness (a common bacterial infection) and loss of claws (bush fire injuries). They are quite sedentary creatures that move little and slee...