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Elsa the koala - the Australian Reptile Park's internet sensation - becomes best friends with Hope the wombat, and the Blackbutt boardwalk re-opens

Simon McCarthy
June 3 2020 - 4:50pm

Elsa the Koala is a little more than a year old and her best friend is a wombat called Hope.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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