Koala Takes Leap of Faith

Occurred on March 11, 2019 / Portland, Victoria, Australia

Info from Licensor: "I was down the street doing some shopping when my partner called me saying that there was a koala walking along our back path at our house. She wanted me to come home ASAP because she was scared it might attack the cats. So, I hurried home to find the koala up one of our trees. The tree's branches had been growing over the side of our roof. I had a feeling that the koala would end up on my roof, and sure enough, it did. So, I thought I would start to mow my lawn because it was my day off from work. So, I began mowing away when the koala started to have a nice leisurely walk around the roof of my house. He had a go at the tv antenna which I was a little worried about but he soon lost interest in it and moved over to a power line that was fixed to the side of our house. I was a little worried that he was going to dismantle it from the side of the house. He soon worked out that he was no chance at walking along it, so he moved to the corner of the house which was near a big palm tree with great big leaves. After a good ten minutes of the koala sizing up the tree and the jump, he began to set himself for the leap of faith. I quickly grabbed my phone out of my pocket and started to record because if I didn’t get what was about to happen, there’s no chance anyone would believe me. So, the koala set himself up for a massive jump. He planted his feet and launched to the closest bit of the tree branch he could get, but unfortunately, as you can see in the video it didn’t quite work out for him. Much to everyone’s delight, he was okay and walked out of my front yard and carried on the day eating gum leaves."