By now you will all know what a koala looks like – large round head, big fluffy ears and a large black leathery looking nose, often patterned with pink pigmentation around the nostrils – remember the cute heart shape pattern on the noses of some of our koalas – Rafa and Heart? Koalas fur ranges … Read more
Care Centre
Koala Kindy December
And just like that some of our biggest joeys are off to soft release on the plantation to see how they will go on the way to being completely free and wild. What is a Soft Release to the Plantation? Soft release is a safe enclosure and the next step in the journey of a … Read more
September at Koala Kindy
Our busy streak continues at Friends of the Koala and together the joeys in Koala Kindy and home care total eleven! It is cuteness overload around here – find out who is who in the ‘zoo’ (we’re defintely not a zoo though as we always aim to release our koalas into the wild again!) Pikachu … Read more
Ruthven University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) koala vaccination project update
We are delighted to say that our koala vaccination project collaboration with the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) and the Department of Planning and Environment vaccinating wild koalas at Ruthven has reached completion. In total, Friends of the koala captured fifty koalas and vaccinated forty six, many of these were young dispersing joeys or … Read more
June at Koala Kindy
It has been all go at Friends of the Koala lately, lots of comings and goings but not so many young koalas, as the ones we had in care have grown up and flown the nest (climbed the tree). It’s a good thing though, the fewer orphaned joeys we see the better, it means they … Read more
May at Koala Kindy
The monthly hit you’ve all been waiting for – a small dose of koala kindy cuteness! Our furry friends are happy with the cooler weather lately and more are off to plantation which is fantastic news but we also have more sad news. Pudding and Waratah These gorgeous girls are loving plantation life, especially Pudding! … Read more
Koala Care Centre
Meeting the needs of every koala admitted to our care centre takes careful planning and consideration and we are continuously aiming to optimise our facility to meet the demand for our services. We have previously mentioned our new Research and Diagnostics Laboratory and are excited that we have been able to increase the capacity of … Read more
