We are well into koala breeding season and our volunteers and veterinary team are busy doing an exceptional job of providing the best care, treatment and medicine available in our our Northern Rivers Koala Hospital, Koala Kindy and Koala Care Centre. We have a number of exciting updates to share with you this month so … Read more
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Koala Kindy May 2024
Well it’s that time of year again in the Northern Rivers, when most of our little fledglings are young, wild and free again. Release is an integral part of our rescue efforts, if not the most important part of it. Our job is to rescue sick, injured or orphaned koalas and restore them to optimum … Read more
Koala Kindy April 2024
Welcome to April at Koala Kindy where we are down to just six joeys! The departures to plantations continue following our busiest season for our youngest rescues and the squad are all doing great. Hip Hop, Maleny and Johnny are off to greener pastures whilst Brown Sugar is not quite ready yet, catch up with … Read more
Koala Kindy March 2024
Koala Kindy is one of our favourite updates each month and we know you guys all love to hear about the tiniest members in our care. We have more exciting news about our joey releases! This year has been our busiest for having joeys admitted to our Koala Hospital and Care Centre in quite a … 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 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
November at Koala Kindy
This month we have no new joeys in Koala Kindy so far, however we can (and love to) entertain you with what our current residents get up to! As much as we adore these sweet Australian animals, we are always aware that they are a wild and endangered species who deserve to live unharmed in … Read more
October at Koala Kindy
Our joeys are having great adventures in Koala Kindy – practicing climbing and jumping, getting to know each other and our Carers and learning how to take their supplements. All the while we are taking a lot of care that they don’t get too used to people and are ready for life in the wild … 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
July at Koala Kindy
Koala kindy is back! After a relatively quiet period during which we watched some of our joeys grow up and find their treetops, koala kindy got busy again with three new joeys. But first it’s time to say goodbye and good luck to two handsome fellas who will hopefully thrive in the wild. Lukas You … Read more
