Raymond Island is slightly off the beaten path, and has no hotels, shops, or restaurants—but this biodiverse wonderland has become a wildlife lovers’ dream.

“Just keep looking up,” our guide instructs us as we start walking through a small tree-dotted park near the ferry terminal on Raymond Island. “Koalas are everywhere.” It sounds too good to be true, ...

Raymond Island is also known as Koala Island thanks to its protected population of furry friends. Victoria’s koala population was nearly wiped out in the 1920s, so in 1953 a small contingent of male ...