Property Advice
Place an escape rope or board across the corner of your pool.
Several koalas drown each year while attempting to drink water from pools. Although good swimmers, koalas are unable to grip slippery pool surfaces if they fall in.
A board placed across the corner of your pool, preferably at the shallow end will provide a means of escape. A heavy-duty rope suspended into the pool is another option.
Always keep a fresh supply of water in a container at the base of a favourite food tree. (About 30cm above ground level will discourage toads).
Keep yards dog-free at night
Enclosed on a veranda or tied up or indoors.
Do you think that you know how your dog will react to a koala?
Read more here about the seven misconceptions about koalas and dogs.
Make fences koala friendly
Koalas can become disorientated when encountering new fences in their territory, especially if the fences are constructed from materials that they cannot grip,such as brick or metal.
If you already have this type of fence, planting trees either side to form a bridge is one way to make it more koala friendly.
Existing trees can be incorporated into new fences. A variation of this would be to simply place wooden poles against the fence.
Koala Friendly Fences
Unfriendly Fences
Plant more trees
Koalas cannot be restricted to isolated bushland reserves and therefore it is essential for them to move to other areas in relative safety.
Footpaths in residential areas where the speed zone is 60km or less can make excellent wildlife corridors. Ask for koala food trees when given a choice for footpath planting. It is important to plant the correct species for your area.
When development occurs, habitats become fragmented and koalas must cross through residential properties to reach remaining food trees.
Even small yards can be suitable for planting koala food trees provided the trees are kept pruned to a manageable height.
Slow down driving at night
While crossing open ground koalas are vulnerable to dogs and traffic and without our help they cannot survive.
Drivers are reminded to slow down at night for koalas especially where lighting is poor.
On dual lanes where vegetation is along the median strip (e.g. Finucane Road) it is better to travel in the left lane.
Click on the links below to download our informative brochures.
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Koala Nature Refuge Program
Click here for details on nature refuges
Redland City Council Landholder Conservation Programs
Click here for details on RCC Landholder Conservation Programs
Other Interesting Websites
Qld. Department of Environment & Resource Management
Environmental Defenders Office
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
