“Wild Koala Day“ on Monday 3 May, is your chance to see, cuddle and learn about our disappearing koalas at Wildlife HQ , the lovely sanctuary, next to the Big Pineapple on the Nambour Connection Road at Woombye.
Unless you know how and where to look or are very lucky, you will rarely see a wild koala now on the Sunshine Coast. In pre- Bushfire and Covid years, The Queensland Koala Crusaders held a popular guided walk through Noosa National Park to celebrate “Wild Koala Day“ but photographer Bernard Jean reports there are none currently living there.
The drought years followed by the bushfires on the Coast saw our surviving koalas finding fewer and fewer food trees available due to the massive road and commercial construction taking place on the Coast. Even some private homeowners were removing precious trees to improve their views or extend homes.
Now with the recent heavy rains, those koalas who had moved away along the remaining food corridors to the hinterland, now find the leaves are saturated with delicious water and are reluctant to return back to those sites popular with tourists and locals.
“Wild Koala Day“ at Wildlife HQ from 10 am to 2 pm is a wonderful chance to experience closeness with koalas, to ask questions, learn fascinating facts, see how you can help to save our wild koalas for the next generation and make this a day to remember. You can have a beautiful photo taken with a koala or with Gu’la the Queensland Koala Crusaders’ giant mascot and take home a cuddly koala toy. Of course you will also meet the other wildlife friends of the koalas at the sanctuary.
