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Echidna Walkabout - Koala Research Echidna Walkabout has been observing Koala activities in the Brisbane Ranges National Park and the You Yangs since 1998. We have a Research Permit from the Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment to work with the Koalas in the National Park. We visit the Koala sites about 3 times a week and also regularly stay in the area for extended research. During and following the bushfires in the area in January 2006 we have also been learning about the Koalas 'up close' while helping with rescue and rehabilitation. We become very fond of the koalas we see often and would like to introduce you to some of them. The Koalas in southern Australia are the same species as their northern cousins but are larger and have thicker fur. They tend to be more colourful than the northern koalas too - their fur can be brown, red-brown, blue-grey, silver-grey, blonde or a mixture of many colours! Koalas are only found in eastern Australia - in isolated pockets in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Recent bushfires have had a huge impact on the Koala habitat in some of these pockets. See more information about our special Koala Research project. Click on images to see more information about our Koala friends [in a new window]
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Bushfires in the Brisbane Ranges National Park late in January 2006 burnt much of the Koalas habitat as included in the News and on each Koala's page. The bush is now growing back and some Koalas have moved around and starting to settle into old or new home ranges.
Carla Sluiter supports Koalas through her dutch language website and is another example of the love that Koalas have around the world www.koalaziekenhuis.nl/ She also talks about seeing them 'in the wild' |
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