Finding Koala

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Koala Distribution Koalas are widely distributed across the Lismore local government area. There are relatively high concentrations in many parts of urban Lismore and surrounding areas, including Tregeagle, Wyrallah and Tucki in the south east, and around Rosebank and Federal areas in the northeast. Sick and injured koalas are brought to Friends of the Koala Care and Research Centre located on Rifle Range Road near Southern Cross University. The campus is situated in a koala corridor.

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Find us Adjoining the leafy campus of Southern Cross University in East Lismore. Entry is by donation.

How to find a koala

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Remember, take only photographs and leave only footprints. Please be quiet around the koalas.

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If you see a sick koala (wet and/or dirty bottom, red eyes and/or sitting low in a tree or on the ground) please call Friends of the Koala rescue hotline immediately.

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If the koala has a red tag on one of their ears they have been into the Care and Research Centre before. Male koalas are tagged on the left ear and females on the right.

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Koalas are usually observed sleeping in forks of gum tree branches, close to the trunk. When eating they are more likely to be at the end of the branches. Normally they are high in the canopy.

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More evidence of koalas will be scats, otherwise known as pellets or droppings, on the ground around the base of gum trees. They are bullet shaped and about the size of the top of your finger.

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Put on your detective hat. Check out the trunks of gumtrees to find koala scratches on the bark. Try the trees around the back of the Koala Care Centre.

Friends of the Koala Care and Research Centre 23 Rifle Range Road EAST LISMORE NSW 2480 Ph: 02 6621 4664 Email: info@friendsofthekoala.org

Koala Rescue Hotline 6622 1233 – 24 hours www.friendsofthekoala.org Images courtesy of Brad Mustow, Susannah Keogh and Lyn Olive GRAPHITI DESIGN STUDIO / LISMORE CITY PRINTERY

Finding Koalas in the Lismore Area


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