He said he was in the middle of backburning at Mirboo North when he saw the stricken koala. "I could see she had sore feet and was in trouble, so I pulled over the fire truck. She just plonked herself down, as if to say 'I'm beat'," he said.
"I offered her a drink and she drank three bottles.
"The most amazing part was when she grabbed my hand. I will never forget that."
Mr Tree and his brigade then received an emergency call-out to save a house, but minutes later Sam (The name the Koala has been given) was picked up by wildlife carers.
She is one of 22 koalas, 14 ringtail possums, several wallabies and eastern grey kangaroos that have been handed into Gippsland carers.
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This is pretty awesome.. but I think it's more amazing that it didn't rip his eyes out or run away as they are pretty wild and fear humans. Despite what most people think human decency isn't an uncommon occurrence so someone feeding it water isn't really a huge deal... now if it was a gator or some sort of man eating animal... that'd be different.
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they announced it on the news like a few months ago