Most of us would like to be closer to nature — but probably not as close as this. 

An Australian couple were shocked when they recently discovered a koala making itself at home in their bedroom.

Fran Dias Rufino and her husband had returned home from work past midnight on Wednesday (Nov 13) when they found the marsupial next to their bed.

Rufino said she screamed "There's a koala inside the house!" as she ran to her husband.

The doubtful man went to check it out for himself as she recorded the event on her camera.

In her Instagram video captioned "Only In Australia", the marsupial was seen sitting on their bedroom floor, turning its head slowly to look at the couple.

Amid the woman's exclamations, the koala stepped on a pillow and climbed up the drawers of a bedside table.

It then crawled onto the couple's bed where it proceeded to "make a mess", Rufino said.

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