Pryde Wild Life

29/05/2026

Miss Independent — home again. 🐨🏡

On the 8th of April, we came across this beautiful girl with a bad infection in one of her eyes.

After intake at the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital, Keira was admitted for treatment of conjunctivitis, as well as a wound on her chin that required stitches.

She absolutely hated being in care and made sure every vet, nurse, and volunteer knew it. But it saved her life, so... let’s pretend there’s some small part of her that’s grateful for being rescued.

After one full month, on the 8th of May, our cranky little girl was finally cleared for release, so we got to bring her home. ✨️

We chose a lovely blue gum for her release tree. After clearing away the surrounding weeds, dead branches from the lower trunk, and some loose bark to make her climb easier, Keira shot out and around the back of the tree, completely disregarding the easy path we’d made for her.

She then stopped mid-climb, having apparently deemed her release tree inadequate, and stared us down until we left.

Really felt the love that afternoon. 🫥

Oh well, we’re happy she’s home — and we know she is too — so that’s all that matters.

Stay healthy and safe, Keira! 💜

28/05/2026

Flashback Friday! 🐨📸

I recently went deep diving through my old SD card. Out of curiosity, I wanted to see how many of our kids we'd come across before we became rescuers.

I was quite surprised to see how many koalas we "hadn't seen before" until their rescue, we actually had!

I was also amazed by how many random koalas I’d photographed over the years that we’ve never seen again. But it was fun revisiting old memories regardless.

I transferred a couple of my favourites, along with some now-familiar faces. Figured Friday was the perfect time to share a few of them. 🐨💝

27/05/2026

🚨 FERNVALE HABITAT DESTRUCTION 🚨

Calling all residents! 🗣📣

One of the last remaining areas of habitat in our town is now in the firing line for total destruction!

2 separate proposals, 155 housing lot expansion.

This bushland is home to koalas, phascogales, gliders, and countless other native species that cannot survive further clearing and fragmentation.

This is not only devastating to our local ecology, but also damaging to our town, which does not have the necessary infrastructure to support such an expansion.

Once these mature ecosystems are destroyed, they are gone forever. No amount of new planting will compensate for the loss.

For the “lucky ones” that survive the initial trauma and displacement, they will be left to navigate increased traffic, attacks from domestic animals, and disease as a result of severe stress.

This development means the local extinction of our unique and beautiful wildlife.

Please speak up. Lodge your objections. Help protect what little habitat we have left before it’s wiped out completely! 🐨❤️‍🩹🌿

Contact:

Somerset Regional Council
• PO Box 117, Esk Qld 4312
• [email protected]

Submissions open 28/05/2026.
Submissions CLOSE 09/07/2026.‼️

DEVELOPMENT REFERENCES:

• Application Reference: DA27150 — 114 Brouff Rd, Fernvale QLD 4306 / Lot 3 on RP28834

• Application Reference: DA27108 — 87 Brouff Road, Fernvale QLD 4306 / Lot 3 on RP885389 and Lot 30 RP840740



For anyone privy to correct Council objection letters please comment for any ways to help ensure we the residents are correctly submitting our opposals. 🙏

UPDATE:
Objection Templates in the comments ⬇️
Thank you James!

26/05/2026

24/05/2026

Please sign to help save this irreplaceable habitat. 🐨🌳❤️‍🩹

Corridors and new plantings do not supplement mature, thriving ecosystems. These trees need to be protected — the koalas depend on them for every aspect of their survival.

Stop Ormiston College from cutting down the trees

23/05/2026

Our buck-toothed boy is home! 🐨💛

On the 12th of April, after many weeks of stalking, we finally managed to rescue this handsome big lad from the local environmental reserve. Buxton had been identified by a member of the public and reported to have a dirty bum.

It took a while, but we finally had him into hospital for treatment. ❤️‍🩹

I don’t fancy reliving the moment, so no, I am not going to summarise his rescue. Definitely one trip down memory lane I don’t mind skipping. There’s a link to his rescue post at the end if you need a refresher.

Buxton was a very mean, very dramatic boy who, after a few short weeks in care, was cleared to go home!

His release went off without a hitch… or flash, for that matter. Thank god. He was so excited to be home!

Buxton has now been vaccinated against Chlamydia and fitted with a shiny yellow earring. Keep your eyes up and you might just spot him! I recommend keeping your eyes up regardless, but that’s just me. 🤷‍♀️

Another koala has been identified in the area suffering with cystitis — on the left-hand side, across from the sensory gardens — so please report any sightings. We really need to get this girl into care!

Welcome home, Bucky. Stay healthy and safe. 💚



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22/05/2026

Our little olive Pip.🐨🫒

On the first of February this year, we responded to a call by a property owner in Coominya looking to have a welfare check conducted on their resident koalas. Fortunately so, as this led to the rescue of our mum and bub duo — Elena and Pip.❤️‍🩹

Devastatingly, our duo became a single: Pip.

After intake at the wildlife hospital, the vets had to make the difficult decision to euthanise Elena, as her cystitis infection was severe and past the point of treatment. At just four years old, hers is a loss we still haven’t recovered from and think of often.

Then there was our poor little boy… Pip was accepted onto the ward, where he later tested positive for conjunctivitis.

Joey's becoming affected by conjunctivitis due to their mother's cystitis infection is something we have seen far too many times.

Conjunctivitis and cystitis are both presentations of chlamydia. Given how contagious the disease is, as joeys suckle from their mother's pouch, their faces come into contact with contaminated fur on their mother's rump — which is how it then develops in the joeys' eyes.

Because Pip tested positive for chlamydia, he was unable to be released to a foster carer and instead received treatment at Wacol and Moggill Koala Rehab Centre until it came time for his release on the 25th of April.🌟

A day which ended up being rather koala-packed!

On collection at Moggill, we left with not just one little bear but THREE: Pip, a cutie called Little Ted, and our miracle Sadie baby ‘Bouddi' (I dunno how to pronounce that, we just call him “Bodhi").

On our way to release Pip, we transported these special little hitchhikers to Kristin of Back to the Bush Koala Hospital, where they can run amok in her incredible koala kindy!

After Pip’s release, we then went on to find and rescue stubborn Jed.

Pip had been so sweet and calm on the ride home, casually napping and snacking away, we really weren’t prepared for just how FAST he left his carry cage. We didn’t even get a sideways glance as he sprinted to the canopy of his tree.

We’re so happy to have him home! It’s just a bonus he’s in such a beautiful area with homeowners that take incredible care of their habitat. It’s a relief to know there are other people out there keeping an eye on our precious drop bears.

I’d like to think that Elena, too, can rest easy now that her sweet baby boy is back home, safe and wild in the trees she loved.💝

Thank you to all involved for taking wonderful care of this chubba bubba, and to Harry and the family for watching over your local koalas.

Stay healthy and happy, Pip — hopefully we’ll see you again soon. 💓

21/05/2026

📽 "All you gotta do is follow three simple rules...

• Never underestimate your opponent.
• Take it outside.
• Be nice... until it's time not to be nice." 🎬

Clearly, we forgot rule number one. But this boy LIVES by rule #3.

Meet Dalton. 🐨🥊

On the 6th of May, we'd head out in search of our ultra lovable boy, Walter. Despite him being fitted with a Satellite Tracking Tag and the three of us trekking throughout 100+ hectares of open bushland, we'd come up empty-handed.

It wasn’t all in vain — we'd still managed to locate 7 other koalas, all of which were new faces. Of these seven, only one — big Dalt, required rescue.

He'd been found smack bang in the middle of this dense bush between two steep gullies — 600m away from our car and therefore all our gear.

The closest we could get the Ambo was 350m, so we had to carry our poles, cage, halos, net, towels, and pruning equipment to him on foot.

Lucky for us, if you can say that, Dalton had taken up residence in a small Ironbark which we were confident the three of us would have him down from with little trouble.

That would have been true if the equipment we'd grabbed was working properly and if he wasn't a two-faced terror.

When we'd found him, and again as we arrived with all our equipment, Dalton was so sweet and calm. He wasn't afraid of us or anxious at all.

He just looked so... nice.

Cut to the rescue — he was an absolute psycho. Launching between branches, sprinting up and down the trunk, and of course, growling.

When they say don't poke the bear... they mean Dalton.

When he realised his tree wasn’t tall enough to make an upwards escape from Trudi's halo, he decided it was time to make a break for it and started sprinting for the ground.

Karen managed to get him netted, which he hated the most. He made to leap but went nowhere — ending up safely in the hands of Trudi and Karen as I scurried off for the carry cage.

We placed him under arrest, but he wasn't about to go quietly. The hike back to the car was filled with constant growling complaints. Not even fresh bluegum leaf would satisfy him.

Dalton is now raising hell on the ward at RSPCA. He received a sound body score and weighed in at over 7kg. He is being treated for conjunctivitis and an abscess in his mouth, which formed due to a fractured molar. 🦷

I'd like to say he'll thank us one day, but I'm sure he'll hate us no matter how much better he feels.

Can't wait to get Evel Knievel home!

Thank you and good luck to the vet staff. 🫡

Get well, Dalt. ❤️‍🩹

20/05/2026

Mid-week photo dump 🐨📸

I keep putting off sharing photos of our kids and other wildlife sightings until I'm up to date on our rescue posts, but for every post I make there's 4 more stories added to the line-up.

We'll get there. For now, I've given up on continuity. 🫠😅

Had our poor dinged up Muxxy in for a service yesterday, took the opportunity while we were out to do a bit of spotting — here's some of the fluffy bums we found!

Final tally for the day: 20 🐨💝