Koala

 I'll do a proper entry in the morning to tell you about the weekend, which I enjoyed very much.

But just for now ...

I went to bed, as usual, around 9:30. I was woken up about half an hour ago by a banging sound and the cats, mostly Brandy, yelling loudly and angrily.

I thought I should investigate, so got up and came down into the lounge room, where the noises were happening.

I had to look several times to make sure I was really seeing what I thought I was seeing.

But yes. There was a koala, bashing on the lounge window. The cats were yelling back, especially Brandy.

I emphatically did not want a koala to break the window. I did not want it getting into the house. You may think that koalas are small and cute, but they are not small. Nor are they cute when they are pissed off!

I closed the blinds and took the cats into my bedroom and shut them in. The banging on the window continued for a bit and then stopped. The cats calmed down. The koala appears to have gone away.

I know that there are koalas in the University forest, although I haven't seen any since I moved back to Mount Helen. People put on social media when they see them, and there are "be aware of koala" notices around local roads. I have very occasionally heard them, closer to Hill House than to my place, but I have not seen them. I was absolutely not expecting to find one in my front yard!

Although - this might explain what happened to my garden bed a week or so ago. You may remember that the hexagonal edgings had been dislodged and I couldn't think what had caused it. I didn't think a possum could have done it. But a koala most certainly could, had it been minded.

I do not require this amount of wildlife excitement at this time of night!