Over the Christmas period, our volunteers and staff were busy making sure that our koalas were still being cared for and so on January 21st it was finally their time to celebrate the end of another year and their outstanding contribution to Friends of the Koala. Our volunteer recognition event aims to, in a small … Read more
News
Research & Diagnostics Laboratory
We are incredibly excited to be able to announce that we are very close to opening a brand new Research & Diagnostics Laboratory! The new lab will enable us to maximise the potential for rescued koalas to be accurately treated for disease in our hospital with in-depth, rapid diagnostic information to support disease control and … Read more
Life-changing Legacy
Creating a will is a great way to ensure your possessions go where you want them to, so the people you love are well looked after. And while you are doing this, you could choose to include a gift to a charity or cause of your choice. You may be aware that in Australia we … Read more
Adoptions + calendars + social media = long term sustainability
Some of you might be aware that our Instagram account with more than 45,000 followers was hacked and taken down last October. We were devastated. While we still had our Facebook and LinkedIn accounts, these are nowhere near as popular. We and other organisations engage with our followers most on Instagram due to the visual … 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
January 2023 at Koala Kindy
It is a brand new year at FOK and our koala babies are growing up! This month we have quite a few changes with our joeys and can’t wait to share this update with you and photos of their cheeky faces. Let’s start with our youngest – Moby, she is doing well and continues to … Read more
Holiday Opening Hours
Christmas will pretty much be business as usual here at Friends of the Koala – our koalas still need our care and our 24/7 hotline will still be open for calls. We could even experience an increase in the volume of rescue calls because the roads are busier than usual with people travelling and our … Read more
December at Koala Kindy
All is well in our Koala Kindy – very busy and full of girly energy! Grouped together (for now, things change very quickly as these little ones grow up and go on to the next stage of their development), we have Seeana, Kula, Temika and Racquet – these joeys are all a little older and … Read more
Committee Members
Following our Annual General Meeting we want to take this opportunity to officially welcome and introduce our Committee Members and to thank past Committee Members for their hard work. We also thank everyone who made it to our AGM to hear all about our work over the past year. Special thanks to Brendan Taylor from … 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
