Touching Scenes Of Koalas Cooling Off In River To Escape The Blaze

Amid the catastrophic bushfires in Australia, heartbreaking images and footages showing the magnitude of the disaster are emerging every day. Recently a series of powerful snaps are making waves on social media. Lorene McRae, a local woman captured the touching photos at the Murray River at Tocumwal, New South Wales.

"Amidst the horror and heartache of the suffering and death of our beautiful wildlife, I thought it might be nice to share a "feel good" story of hope," Lorene wrote in a Facebook post. "I was camped on the banks of the Murray River at Tocumwal… and was lucky enough to choose a spot where a colony of koalas lived."