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2025 – the second decade of recording

There were a total of 1100 wild adult koala sightings. This number is less than last year but really shows how populations fluctuate for many reasons.

These days of sightings were the result of activity on the property by 18 individual adult/independent koalas.

7 of these 18 koalas were females and 11 males.  

The kindy has been host to 2 koalas for different reasons during this year.  This is another way Koala Gardens assists saving koalas.  The kindy was kindly funded by ifaw and FOK and koalas are in the kindy under the rescue and rehabilitation licence of FOK.

So now get settled and enjoy looking back over the 18 koalas that lived on, or came through Koala Gardens during 2025.

You can watch them all on YouTube with the link below giving you all the video released in 2025.

VALENTINE

was the clear winner for the year being seen here 255 days! He also spent 7 days in care at FoK having a chlamydia check which came back negative!

You can ADOPT VALENTINE here

You can read more about him here.

He has his own playlist on YouTube too!

Close up of Valentine's face so we can clearly see his nose pattern, and bright clear eyes
Enya is an adult female and is sitting on a horizontal branch with her joey in her lap as both look towards the camera.

ENYA

Our beautiful girl raised her first joey Eden in 2025 and soon had a new joey in pouch. I saw her a whopping 224 times. Isn’t she lovely!

You can read more about Enya here.

You can ADOPT ENYA here.

Enya her his own playlist on YouTube

HONEYDEW

The kind of success story we all need! Orphaned, but saved and released here she is growing bigger every month. I saw her 182 times and can’t wait to see her first joey hopefully in 2026

You can ADOPT HONEYDEW here

You can read more about Honeydew here.

She has her own playlist on YouTube too.

A young koala with bright eyes and relaxed ears holds to a vertical tree trunk looking the picture of health
A large mature male koala with white bottom climbs effortlessly through the branches of a large tree

WOODY

We have been thrilled to watch how Woody and Valentine have divided up the property so that all can share the resources. I saw him here 123 times!

You can ADOPT WOODY here

You can read more about Woody here.

He has his own playlist on YouTube.

SELENE

Daughter of Onyx, and sister to Jasper .

Tragically both mum and daughter were lost to chlamydia. Another reason why the work here is so important as koalas face so many challenges.

An important aspect of the work here is daily observation which gives more opportunity to spot disease early and increases chances of saving them.

Chlamydia is endemic in koalas in this area due to the high stress of generalised habitat loss.

Mother koala curled in a tree branch with a young joey in her lap.
Large koala mum close up showing her holding a small joey close to her chest

ONYX

A huge, strong female who produced 2 joeys while here. Sadly we lost her with her daughter Selene to chlamydia.

You can read more about Onyx here.

She has her own playlist on YouTube

JASPER

is brother to Selene and the son of Onyx. He separated from her late in 2024 and was seen here a further 68 times until he dispersed. Live well and make many joeys mate!

You can read more about Jasper here.

He has his own playlist on YouTube.

A juvenile koala sitting on a horizontal branch but holding close to the main trunk looking down to the camera. he is a pale grey with white butt and legs
A young joey held close by her mum is looking directly at the camera that is zoomed right in on her face

EDEN

The beautiful daughter of Enya. Since separating from her mum she is here on the property most days. After separating I saw her 57 times in just a few months.

You can ADOPT EDEN here

You can read more about Eden here.

She has her own playlist on YouTube

ZEUS

is a wonderful young male koala. He spent just a few months here in the cooler part of the year and dispersed out when the breeding season started up.

I saw Zeus 39 times over the months he was here.

This highlights another of the important roles Koala Gardens plays in providing safe habitat where juveniles can learn and grow.

Each year young koalas disperse all through the east coast of Australia from July – December. Ensuring there is plenty of linked habitat right down the entire coast is critical if they are to survive.

A large juvenile male koala sitting nestled in the fork of a large tree. He looks down to the camera with his hands holding onto his feet.
A young koala with a distinctive nose patterns looks through the leaves as the camera zooms in on his face.

MOMO

has been at Koala Gardens for 2 years now but he isn’t here all that often. I might only see him a few times each month and saw him 34 times in 2025

You can ADOPT MOMO here

You can read more about Momo here.

He has his own YouTube playlist.

RUBY

arrived here with as a juvenile and we are so excited to know she was mated either not long before she came, or when she arrived.

She is beautiful and I saw her 34 times, but she is still around in 2026.

You can ADOPT RUBY here

She has a couple of videos on her YouTube playlist.

A young female koala with bright eyes and erect ears looks the picture of health as she clings to the trunk of a tree.
A large juvenile male koala sits on a horizontal branch with hands in his lap.

MIDNIGHT

Midnight had an altercation with some dogs in the middle of the night. He was treated at FoK and released here. And he still pops in nearly every month!

I saw him just 8 times in 5 months, but isn’t he handsome!

This is yet another reason why the work here at Koala Gardens is so important. Providing safe habitat where koalas can be released, even if they then disperse out is critical after hospital events.

KOALAS IN THE KINDY

The kindy is an enclosed area at Koala Gardens where koalas from the local Friends of the Koala hospital come at times.

It provides them with a safe space to test out ‘living in the wild’ so we can be sure they are ready for release.

Most koalas that come here are orphans that are getting ready for the wild.

These two are Pemulway on the left and Baby Cakes on the right.

A young juvenile koala holds tightly to a tree trunk looking out at the camera
Close up of a very young koalas face with bright round eyes and erect happy hears
Juvenile male nestled among the leafy section of a tree branch.

ASTRA

is a juvenile koala that has come and gone over a few months.

You can read more about Astra here.

He has his own YouTube playlist.

A juvenile koala curled up in a ball in the fork of a young tree so that mostly all we can see is a big white butt

ELMO

is the son of the gorgeous Ellie. He separated from her in 2024 but he did pop back just 7 times during 2025 so maybe he has settled close by.

He has his own YouTube playlist.

CHARLEY

is a lovely juvenile that moved here during the dispersion.

He was only seen 5 times, so we hope he found a good place to settle and thrive.

Connectivity of habitat is critical for koalas to safely disperse each year.

Facial close up of a dark furred young koala with lots of glossy leaves surrounding him

VALLA

was seen just one time. In fact, I can’t be certain if Valla is male or female because they stayed curled up all day!

A young koala is nestled well in among the leaves so that we can't see much detail at all.

Check out who was here in – 2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |  2020  |  2021  | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

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