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Echidna Walkabout - Koala ResearchEchidna 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. Janine is also a registered Wildlife Carer. Bushfires in the Brisbane Ranges National Park late in January 2006 burnt much of the Koalas habitat and the bush is still growing back. Many Koalas have moved around and started to settle into old or new home ranges. We have since seen some Koalas again who have not been sighted since 2007.During and following the bushfires in the area in January 2006 we have also learned more about the Koalas 'up close' while helping with their rescue and rehabilitation. 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.We become very fond of the koalas we see often and would like to share some of the experiences and memories of our guests and our research with you.We began by creating web pages for our Koala friends but this is harder to keep up to date.We are now adding Koala photos and information online in the Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours albums in Facebook as many of our overseas clients like to keep up to date with the Koalas they may have met on tour and like to send photos and make comments.... and here are some of our older friends from the Brisbane Ranges - a few of whom we see often, others we only see occasionally and some who we have not seen since the 2006 bushfires but still hope to see again sometime.
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