Our First Koala

It has been a busy weekend, first we went to Esk to pick up our quota of "free" native trees from the council.  While there we meet with the "Land for Wildlife" representative, who advised us on how to encourage koalas to visit our property.  Unfortunately we had to put none seen on our property for the koala census.

We spent the weekend cutting up dead wood, slashing weeds and other noisy chores.  By lunch on Sunday we had enough and started cleaning up.  Roger was loading the utility with stuff to take back to Brisbane when he noticed a new termite nest in the trees.  With his glasses on, he had a second look and it was a koala dozing in a tree near the shed!

The koala had chosen the highest tree around and he was close to the top.  It must like a good view when eating gum leaves.

We hope it stays for a while then goes off and returns with its family and friends.


Jen and Rog

Email: honeydaleqld@gmail.com