Our Leaf Harvest Team provides the daily food for our koalas in our Koala Hospital and Care Centre so our patients can rehabilitate and thrive. Here is a run down of what it involves to supply all of this bush tucker. How koalas came to eat only eucalypts A quick search online and you will … Read more
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Koala food tree plantations
As most of you know, we work holistically and on a large scale. Did you know we have seven koala food tree plantations? These plantations are managed by our Plantation Maintenance team led by Heather Gillard. Below is an update about the work on one of the plantations. Check it out. This year, Northern NSW … Read more
What does it take to ‘soft release’ koalas?
We are delighted to have our first six joeys of the season back in the wild following soft release. Here is an account of what it involves. Pikachu*, Nightshade, Panko and Frankie as well as Baby Bear and Minni Mae have been released and all of them have been spotted since. It has been a … Read more
Koala Kindy January 2024
Koala Kindy arrivals and departures were very busy these last few weeks which means that our incredible volunteers had a lot to do! It has also been hot and very wet here in the Northern Rivers which poses it’s own challenges. Frankie, Panko, Pikachu, Baby Bear, 8 Mile, Nightshade and Minnie May have all been … Read more
Volunteers in Focus
2024 is in full swing at Friends of the Koala, thanks to our amazing volunteers who work tirelessly throughout the year and over the holidays to make sure our koalas are well cared for and others are being rescued and treated in our hospital. January is a time to plan and set goals and our … Read more
International Volunteer Day 2023
5 December is International Volunteer Day, this year the theme is “if everyone did…” which centers on the power of collective action. You can read more about it on the UN Volunteers website. We here at Friends of the Koala completely understand the importance of volunteering and need no convincing. We are a volunteer-led organisation … Read more
Annual General Meeting – AGM
Our AGM alongside with our Annual Report 2022/23 provide an opportunity to reflect on our achievements and challenges throughout the financial year and to share our plans for the future with our members. This year was a big year for Friends of the Koala for many reasons, but the main reason is the impact our … Read more
Volunteers in Focus – October
It has been a busy and challenging time for our volunteers with so many koalas needing our help, but every day they show up with passion and dedication for our koalas and we cannot thank them enough! Our ‘Volunteers in Focus’ is our small attempt at highlighting the amazing work that they do. Our koala … Read more
Volunteers in Focus – September
We would like to acknowledge the tough job our volunteers face, day and night. Especially the first responders who attend to car hits, dog attacks and other incidents, who go out in the middle of the night, who answer the phone. It’s a really rough time for them. A huge THANK YOU from the bottom … Read more
East Coraki second community planting day
Friends of the Koala’s second community planting day will take place on Saturday 19th of August and we invite you to join us! Our second community planting day is again made possible thanks to the Australian Government’s grant for its ‘Hanging out at East Coraki: Koalas thriving in an agricultural landscape’ – project. Our first … Read more
