Charlotte came to Friends of the Koala back in 2020 when she was just eight months old. It soon became obvious to our vets that Charlotte may have hip dysplasia as she couldn’t jump like the other koalas. After further assessments the diagnosis was confirmed and Friends of the Koala became Charlotte’s forever home. Hip … Read more
Koala Stories
Rehabilitation and release – Clooney and Karla
Recent rehabilitation and release stories – the handsome Clooney and beautiful Karla – two koalas we recently rehabilitated and released back home to the wild. Clooney Clooney is, as the name suggests, a handsome male koala who was admitted to FOK in December last year. Clooney had conjunctivitis in his right eye but otherwise appeared … Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day
Move over puppies and kittens there is a new cuddly creature in town this Valentine’s Day! What could be cuter than a koala in love? Magnus is besotted with Kookie however, unfortunately for him, Kookie doesn’t seem to reciprocate the love. Both have been with us for a while – Magnus was hand-raised by us … Read more
The story of Chunky and Junior
Brad Mustow is a Professional Photographer and a volunteer here at Friends of the Koala. Most of the photos that we share with you have been carefully taken by Brad. For over a year, Brad followed a koala and her baby that lived in his street and in that time he took some incredible footage. … Read more
November at Koala Kindy
We currently have 7 joeys in our koala kindy – 5 girls and 2 boys – up until recently we had a larger number of boys so the girls seem to be taking over! Our newest joey, Seeana, arrived on the 5th November, she was found in a nearby tree after we received a call … Read more
New Kids in Koala Kindy
Koala Kindy has some new joeys… and most of them are girls for a change. Our run of boys in koala kindy is coming to an end with a new tribe of baby girls coming to the Friends of the Koala Care Centre. We now have two girls in full-time care at kindy – Temika … Read more
