Koala falling

[Kate]

"drop bear"

A few weeks ago on an outdoor education trip we saved this koala from a 5 metre mine shaft; we do not know how long it had been there but it was very weak. So weak in fact that in the process of jumping from this dead branch we put into the mine to the tree it fell into the hole again...luckily it was fine in the end and we left it happily at the top of a tree. This shot was taken about 2 metres away from this wild koala a very special moment knowing that we saved an amazing animal from a certain death.



Late yesterday we uploaded the filming of the incident to youtube please have a look a the video here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2DefOGMO50

Several media outlets have approached us and Melbourne's Herald Sun news paper are going to run a story on it on Monday they plan on using my image above within the article! I am very excited to be getting my photo published with my name under it!

[Abhijit]

A wildlife warrior. It's so cool that you saved a life and because if that act a lot more might be saved after the story is published. They cute animals are getting rare each day. My neighborhood, Holsworthy, and the surrounds are supposed to have the largest population of these in the wild in NSW, and I'm yet to see one.
Well done on such a selfless act, you and your friends.

[☯ Sarah ☁]

WOW That is an awesome story & good for you for saving the life of this beautiful animal :)

[Kelly]

Well done on your awesome act and fabulous shot and I will look out for the story in the newspaper!!

[Juliette Packham]

this is wonderful - well done you guys for saving the poor little fella!

[Louie]

Congratulations Kate, both on saving this cute little fella and having your shot published.

[Robin]

Great story, Kate, and congratulations on having your photo published!

[bruni]

Wonderful story..you're are all heros ...too bad this video is not available for me here in Toronto, Canada. would've loved to watch it.

[Deb Sulzberger]

Wonderful act of kindness... congrats on the picture and story

[Mike McCarty]

Great story. I chuckled a little watching the video when I saw your camera make an appearance to get this image.

[Tena E. Collyer]

Such a happy story. Kudos to you for saving a precious life :-)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Congratulatios- that's very exciting on all accounts!

[Sheila]

Congrats on the photo and the save!

[Brian Baptie]

Well done Kate and congrats.

[Kareen]

Lovely story Kate. Glad that you were there. Poor thing. And congrats on the photo being published.

[Jason Daniels]

Always good to rescue a Koala, I saved one many years ago and felt rewarded by the experience! Nice one.

[Inty Malcolm]

Good work! :applause:

[Michelle Blackford]

Congratulations, Kate! That is so exciting!! Sounds like a very momentous day!

[Carla]

that is awesome! And I am glad the koala is okay :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Kate I tried tracking down your video on You Tube and some very strange stuff came up. Are you sure that's the address?

[Kate]

@bruni @olivetreeann

I just copied it again if that doesn't work the name is "Koala falls whilst being rescued from Australian mineshaft " it i sthe most viewed animal video ion youtube at the moment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2DefOGMO50

you can also watch it on FOX news here

http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/very-clumsy-koala

or CBS news here

http://m.cbsnews.com/postwatch.rbml?pageType=video&cbsID=7421716

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@kbradbury Thanks Kate- oh my when he fell back in my heart sank! But thankfully I knew he eventually was able to get back up so I could keep watching! Great job you folks did!