Koala on the Mt Osmond course in South Australia. He is a regular visitor.
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Absolutely stunning!!!
This is the 5th hole at Mt Osmond GC Uphill drive then dogleg left at the top of the hill. This little guy was walking across the bare area between the tee and the fairway. When I came back down the 6th I found him taking a drink out of the lake in front of the 4th
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Man do they have some nasty claws.
@Gisclairj Yes that’s how they climb trees. If they are on the ground and feel threatened, they run for the nearest tree and bound up it. Also these photos show their true size. They are not that big.
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That picture of the fox above reminded me… a few years ago, in the Fall, hit a shot onto the green and get up there to see a youngish fox staring at … and stalking! … my ball like he thought it was a snack and was gonna pounce on it! 
Driving home after my round last night and came around a hairpin bend to find a koala crossing the road then got another km down the road and there were 4 kangaroos just sitting on in a grassed area of the side of the road.
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Australia has some crazy animals…
No rattle snakes here
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Yeah, your snakes don’t have the decency to warn you before they bite!
I love Australia! It’s a great country and I have fond memories of visiting it.
Haven’t seen any snakes yet this summer. Last year I saw the same one twice in an ob area I go to to find balls
Oh man, geese on the course is always a pain… my parents course has geese on the 18th hole (usually the green) and it’s just a mess while they nest / raise their young…
It is cool to see the goslings learn to fly, though!
From a course in SoCal that I marshaled at this past winter.
Probably the most spectacular thing I saw was several years ago in late summer at a course on the east coast. It was a windy day right along the shore, and we look up from a tee box to see a bald eagle windsurfing about 30 feet above us. He stayed in place for 10-15 seconds before peeling off. We were all too enraptured to get any pics, alas.
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Reviving the thread here. I see tons of these guys on my early morning rounds. Makes me walk carefully through some areas since stepping on them is about the most disgusting feeling in the world IMO.
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Course workers been watchin’ this cub and mom. We kinda figured mama was nearby. Snapped a pic, hit our shots & moved on.
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