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Friends Of The Koala

2021 – Year In Review

While 2021 seemed like another year of stops, starts and postponements, the wheels at Friends of the Koala did not stop turning.

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Joey joy for Aminya!

An orphaned koala who was raised by expert carers and spent months in rehabilitation has been spotted in the wild thriving with a joey of her own.

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Faces of FOK: Q&A with Saskia

What is your FOK story? When did you join and why?
I have been volunteering at FOK for nearly 2 years now. I started in December of 2019 after I …

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Meet Les, the ultimate survivor thanks to our IFAW sponsored Vet team

In early October, Friends of the Koala rescuer, Maria Matthes, was completing a routine round of visual koala health checks on koalas in East Coraki.

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Joey for koala made famous thanks to Chris Hemsworth

An orphaned koala who was rescued and rehabilitated by specialist vets after her mum was hit by a car has been spotted thriving in the wild with a joey of her own.

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Faces of FOK: Q&A with Aliison

What is your FOK story?
I joined Friends of the Koala in 2015 after learning about their amazing work at a market stall. I filled the role of Secretary which was vacant at the time and was ….

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Breeding season starts early for one juvenile koala

A koala who recovered from a disease transferred from his one-eyed mother has been spotted …

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Introducing the 2021/2022 Management Committee

We are delighted to announce our 2021/2022 Management Committee members. Our new members have a range of backgrounds in communication, finance, human resources, fundraising and law and will …

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Faces of FOK: Past President Ruth Barratt

Ruth Barratt was one of a handful of passionate locals that met with National Parks and Wildlife Service in 1986 to …

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Friends of the Koala celebrates 35 years of koala conservation

Friends of the Koala, the leading koala conservation group in the Northern Rivers is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.