1300Koalaz

1300Koalaz If you find a sick, injured or orphaned Koala please call 1300KOALAZ - 1300 562 529

1300KOALAZ is a deductible gift recipient charity meaning that every donation over $2 is tax deductible (in Australia). We practice the rescue, rehabilitation and release, where possible, of sick, injured and orphaned koalas. These are cared for at our own properties as we use the donations given to us in the best way, to help koalas in need. We also believe in protecting koala habitat and regener

ating habitat lost through deforestation or bushfire. Our organisation is 100% volunteer and receives no government funding, relying solely on the generosity of the public to help us pay for equipment, trees, formulas, supplements and veterinary expenses.

29/05/2025

Mia's carer went out to check on her and found her living her best life.

Loving being high in the trees with the breeze in her fur.

Stay safe Mia.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala, please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 529) for help or advice.

29/05/2025

Say hello to 1300KOALAZ' Anna. Sweet little Anna came into care when her mother had to be given peace.

Like some humans Anna was born with a cleft lip. Her palate is unaffected and it causes her no distress or difficulties feeding as you can see from the video so it does not require veterinary intervention.

Anna will stay in care with her dedicated carer for a couple of months when she should be big enough to look after herself and will be released.

We think she is gorgeous.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 529) for help or advice.

With the end of National Volunteer Week almost here, we would like to thank all our fantastic volunteers.Hotline operato...
24/05/2025

With the end of National Volunteer Week almost here, we would like to thank all our fantastic volunteers.

Hotline operators, taking calls whatever the time of day or night and dispatching rescuers to help our koalas in need, keeping our data up to date and our coordinators informed we couldn't do it without you.

Rescuers, volunteering not only their time to go out and rescue koalas when it is needed, rescues that can sometimes take several hours, but their vehicles and petrol in order to get to the rescue site so they can rescue and then transport the koala wherever needed. We couldn't do it without you.

Carers, going out on a daily basis to bring back the juciest morsals for the koalas in your care. Cleaning, taking koalas to vet appointments, medicating, watching for any small sign that something is not right with your charge, putting in the hours needed to make sure you have the skills necessary to ensure as many koalas as possible make it back out to the wild. We couldn't do it without you.

Coordinators, for the hours you spend on call to make arrangements with the rescuers, vets and carers when a koala is coming into care. Giving advice and arranging MFS, CFS, SAPOL, Traffic Management, tree climbers, and any other resources when a rescue needs more help than we can do alone. We couldn't do it without you.

Educators, for the hours you put in giving talks to public groups and schools to make sure that the wider public is aware of the plight our koalas are in and inspiring the next generations of wildlife warriors. We need you as a voice.

All those that make some of our equipment, hoops, paddles, sew the bags for them, sewing pouches for the joeys, without the hours you put in rescueing would be that much harder. Those that do all the unseen work behind the scenes, admin, finance, grants, equipment, purchasing, supplying of equipment, the list goes on. You are all needed to make the machine work.

1300KOALAZ needs each of you and really appreciates all you do for our shared passion, our koalas. xx

22/05/2025

Little Miss Mia has had her big day.

After several months in care she was big enough to be released.

Enjoy her release video and we hope you don’t feel as nervous as her carer did when she heads for the top of the tree.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 529) for help or advice.

18/05/2025

Emerald came into care a few weeks ago after being hit by a car and it was quickly discovered that she was carrying a pinky in her pouch.

Tests came back good but it was clear that something was going on. In the meantime Emerald stayed with her carer who caught these delightful clips of her joey reaching out to the outside world.

If you look carefully you can see it is a back foot the joey is waving around. You can see the two toes which are fused together with their separate claws, the grooming claw and you can just see the fat little toe with no claw which the koala uses to help grip.

Sadly further tests have now confirmed that Emerald has oxalate nephrosis for which at present there is no treatment. This means that she will need to be given peace so she does not suffer.

Her joey is too young to survive without mum and trying to hand raise is simply not an option with one so young. Joey will have to be given peace with Emerald.

Not one but two more lives lost to this dreadful disease.

South Australian koalas have an exceptionally high mortality rate from this terrible disease, add to this the koalas lost from mange, chlamydia, vehicle strike and dog attack our koala populations are every bit as vulnerable as those of their cousins in the eastern states.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 59) for help or advice.

16/05/2025

There's a Rumble in the jungle! Ok it's a Rumble in a load of eucalyptus trees.

After many weeks in care getting Rumble healthy and bloat free it was finally time to send him back to the wild. With thanks to the Adelaide Koala & Wildlife Centre and his personal carer for perservering with him.

Rumble took off at a sedate pace, took a couple of leaps up a tree and decided that was not the tree for him. Down he came and off he went, a quick sniff at a couple of trees and he headed straight for a massive one. I was so relieved when I watched the video shouting at the screen 'NOOOOOOO Rumble it's too big" then at the last minute saw him swerve it.

His final choice, however, was not much better and I was wincing as he headed for it. I should have had faith, as up he went, had a little breather in a fork before heading up again and even threw in a little jump.

Good job Rumble and great to see you're still a confident koala.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 529) for help or advice.

1300KOALAZ' Tate has graduated to a bigger inside enclosure with branches to practice his climbing and have the odd mad ...
09/05/2025

1300KOALAZ' Tate has graduated to a bigger inside enclosure with branches to practice his climbing and have the odd mad minute, but mostley he likes to sleep in his comfy donut at the bottom of the enclosure surrounded by lots of yummy leaf.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ, for help or advice.

30/04/2025

' Daniel (now released into the wild) used to love wrestling. His teddy was not so keen as he was the one who invariably lost the fight.

Not only did he get bitten but he got tossed around and battered. Daniel tried it on the girls but they were having none of it and gave him as good as he got.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 529) for help or advice.

28/04/2025

1300KOALAZ' Captain Sturt has finished his treatment and gone home.

Of course he had to fill his belly before the big event and made the most of the tasty morsals on offer when he went for his final check up.

Then it was time to go and he wasted no time saying goodbye he was just off.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 529) for help or advice.

Today was a horrible day. We were called to a koala that had been attacked by a dog. Sadly the koala had to be humanel...
26/04/2025

Today was a horrible day. We were called to a koala that had been attacked by a dog. Sadly the koala had to be humanely euthanised due to her injuries.

The reason for this post is a warning for dog owners. In the fight the dog was also severely injured and sadly it also had to be given peace.

We do not blame the dog it was in its own back yard and acting on instinct.

It goes to show how serious the injuries inflicted by a koala can be on a dog OR person. Koalas may look cute and cuddly but when scared or cornered they can lash out.

If you know you live in an area inhabited by koalas, before you let your dog out into your yard have a quick glance around the yard or in the trees to see if there is a koala.

Our hearts go out to the family of the dog and also our thanks for getting in touch so we could go and retrieve the koala and make sure she didn’t suffer.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 529) for help or advice.

25/04/2025

The lovely Emerald came into care recently after having been hit by a car.

It was soon discovered that she had a small joey in her pouch and we were concerned that if Emerald had serious injuries the joey may not be big enough to be viable or that we would have another little joey to hand raise if it was big enough.

Fortunately Emerald escaped with no injuries but it is thought she may have chlamydia and has been tested. She will remain in care with her baby until she has been given the all clear.

If you find a sick, injured, orphaned or distressed koala please call 1300KOALAZ (1300 562 529) for help or advice.

Beautiful Juliette has been released! Her eye ulcer has healed and her test results are all clear. Another koala rehab...
22/04/2025

Beautiful Juliette has been released! Her eye ulcer has healed and her test results are all clear.

Another koala rehabilitated so she can get back to living her best life ❤️❤️.

If you see a sick, injured or distressed koala, please call our 24/7 free hotline on 1300 562 529 for assistance or advice.

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1300KOALAZ

South Australia’s Koalas are under attack from development which encroaches on their habitat. We are cutting down their food sources which has forced them into suburbia in search of somewhere to call home. As they come closer into contact with humans their numbers are increasingly under threat as they are hit by cars crossing suburban roads and attacked by dogs as they cross what were once Koala corridors but are now our back yards.

The 1300KOALAZ team has professionalised our methods and practices and ongoing training keeps us updated with the most recent information on Koalas, the diseases which affect them, methods of capture and treatments. We keep statistics vital to give the Koalas a voice to secure their future.

Our goals are to help conserve and regenerate Koala habitat, to cause the Koalas we bring into care as little stress as possible, successfully rehabilitate and release them back into their home territories, relieve the suffering of those that cannot be saved, educate the wider public about Koalas and the problems they are facing and ultimately to conserve the species for future generations.