While the action in the pool at the Aquatic Super Series is boiling over with intense action, life outside in Perth can be a little more relaxed if you do as the koalas do.
Aussie sprinter turned restaurateur, Eamon Sullivan, is on the scene while visiting swimmers get their hands on the cuddly creatures, synonymous with Australian outdoor culture.
Of the competition, Sullivan describes how afer traveling all over the world for meets, the Aussie swimmers are thankful to have a competition close to home, one that keeps getting faster and faster.