--- description: Koala stops traffic on Brisbane Valley Highway in Queensland. title: This Koala Is Clearly in No Hurry to Cross the Road image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Koala Bring Traffic to a Halt While Casually Crossing the Road  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 28, 2016 4:34 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 28, 2016 4:34 PM CUT Why did the koala cross the road? It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it does happen sometimes in parts of Australia. In fact, new video shows one of these mischievous marsupials temporarily halting traffic on a highway over the weekend. Facebook user Mike Phipps of Noosa Head, Queensland, uploaded [video](https://www.facebook.com/mike.phipps.1023/videos/1015694278498089/ "undefined") of a koala scampering by a row of cars that appear to have been ground to a halt on the Brisbane Valley Highway. Footage of the incident has been viewed more than 2.3 million times and has been shared more than 5,100 times since it was first posted on Saturday. “It was only after a police officer arrived and guided the koala into a tree off the side of the road that traffic resumed,” [according to](https://www.facebook.com/FBNewswire/posts/1053011598070294 "undefined") Facebook. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4273736/koala-highway-traffic-australia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4273736/koala-highway-traffic-australia/"},"headline":"Watch a Koala Bring Traffic to a Halt While Casually Crossing the Road","datePublished":"2016-03-28T16:34:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:11.505Z","description":"A police officer had to guide it to safety","url":"https://time.com/4273736/koala-highway-traffic-australia/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4273736/koala-highway-traffic-australia/","name":"Watch a Koala Bring Traffic to a Halt While Casually Crossing the Road"}}]}] ```