gumnuts galore

The forest red gum flowers in winter which means the gumnuts have now set. The size of the flowers and therefore the nuts varies from the tiny ones you can see here if you look closely, to the size of walnuts.

[JackieR]

Will Ellie eat the nuts??

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond oh no they are hard as anything and not edible for any animal I know of (made my teeth ache to read your question haha)

[Joanne Diochon]

Ellie almost looks like she has a black eye here. Is it just a shadow I wonder?

[Diana]

She sure looks happy up there, I was wonderiing about her eye too! Hopefully no fighting 😉

[carol white]

A lovely capture

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@gardencat @ludwigsdiana nah just shadows

[Kate]

Do koalas eat the gum nuts or do they stick to the leaves?

[wendy frost]

Lovely capture with Ellie amongst the gumnuts.

[bruni]

Bet Ellie wishes the gumnuts were edible, what a fiest.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@k9photo no they are not edible at all, very hard woody things 😊

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely capture!

[Krista Marson]

I want to pet the koala!

[LManning (Laura)]

Very sweet capture.

[Bep]

Lovely capture of Ellie.

[haskar]

Looks beautiful up there.

[Mags]

Beautiful shot!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

what a sweetheart

[Babs]

She is a beauty. Give me a home among the gum trees.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[RonM]

!!!

[Lou Ann]

A sweet capture!

[Rick]

Great shot. Another one that is wedged in.

[Elizabeth]

She looks like she's smiling.

[Steve Chappell]

Great capture. How can they be comfortable wedged in like that?

[Valerie Chesney]

she is so lovely.

[Issi Bannerman]

Aw. Gorgeous.

[KV]

Awesome composition.

[Yoland]

Very cute capture.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is adorable.

[Harry J Benson]

So relaxed

[Nina Ganci]

adorable
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[Wylie]

she looks very happy amongst the gum nuts even if they're not on the menu!

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot, and another of those seating positions that looks quite uncomfortable.

Ian