This is the delightful moment a koala wandered through the wine aisle of a supermarket in Australia.

Footage captured the unexpected visitor strolling through the bottle shop at The Queenscliffe Family Hotel on Kangaroo Island on October 7.

Assistant manager Nicole Arthur said: 'It's not unusual to see koalas wandering sort of around the streets in Kingscote.

'He just wandered down the road and then just walked into the front of the bottle shop that's attached to the pub.'

Arthur said the creature lingered near the fridges for a few minutes, possibly looking for a cooler spot to escape the heat.

Staff offered the friendly bear some water and contacted both a wildlife rescue organisation and a local veterinarian to check on its well-being.