We had about an hour to spend at the Kuranda Koala gardens before leaving for our Skyrail rainforest tour. The highlight of our visit was, of course, the “koala cuddle”, but there were other native animals on display as well.

Sleeping koala

Long-nosed potoroo, a nocturnal marsupial

“Maybe if I pretend I’m asleep, all of these Yanks will go home…”

“This is a very strange tree…”

“I’m glad I’m not in that photo shoot with all those tourists”

Eastern water dragons

Crocodiles

There were quite a few resident kangaroos as well: