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
Plantation Maintenance
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
Volunteers in focus – June
As most of you know, we are a volunteer-run, grassroots organisation and mighty proud of this fact. We were founded by a small group of passionate volunteers and continuing to honour their work is of huge importance to everybody involved with Friends of the Koala. Some of our volunteers have been volunteering for thirty years! … Read more
National Eucalypt Day 2023
Happy National Eucalypt Day – 23rd March 2023! This year marks ten years of National Eucalypt Day. Find out why we are all nuts about gums (eucalyptus trees)! Multiple species of eucalypt According to the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the term ‘eucalypt’ includes approximately 900 species in the three genera Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora. Almost … Read more
Partners – SimplyClean Australia
SimplyClean Australia, a local manufacturer of eco & healthy cleaning products, has been a long term supporter of Friends of the Koala – and it all commenced in 2017. SimplyClean is hard at work developing and making products that are safe for people and the planet. Protecting the environment is at the heart of what … Read more
Volunteers needed
Friends of the Koala operates on the generosity of our volunteers. We currently have 170 active volunteers who completed 54,000 hours of volunteer work last year. It is truly humbling to work with such a passionate group of people, showing up tirelessly for koalas and displaying incredible resilience amid devastating natural disasters and beyond. Friends … Read more
FOK Plantation News
As you can all imagine a lot of our plantations have been ravaged by the floods. We would love to have more willing hands to volunteer on Wednesday or Friday mornings, if you are interested in volunteering in the plantations please contact Kate Hayes at volunteercoord@friendsofthekoala.org. We have been getting some assistance from Lismore City … Read more