A cyclist from Adelaide, South Australia has been blessed with a once-in-a-lifetime encounter which, according to her confession, was "the best thing to happen to her on a ride ever".
The woman named Lulu posted a video on Instagram in which she is giving water to a dehydrated koala bear who approached the cyclist and climbed onto her bike.
The creature looks absolutely unafraid of Lulu, gratefully sipping water from a bottle.
Australia is dealing with extreme heat that prompted hazardous blazes across the country, destroying more than two million acres of forest, including koala habitats.