Long-time Koala Gardens supporter Shawn loves to draw members of the colony and we all love to see his work. His drawings really capture the features and personality of each koala he draws.
Shawn has his own Discord channel on the Friends of Koala Gardens server. We all get to watch his drawings in stages there. This is a lot of fun.
Over the past few years we have had the privilege of watching Shawn’s drawing abilities develop as he has learned many apps.
Shawn particularly likes to showcase some of his favourite koalas (although we suspect that they are all his favourites really!) for Save the Koala Month.He says “I love to draw Koala Gardens’ colony members old and new each year to celebrate Save the Koala September and to highlight the need to protect koala habitat – their home!”
These are the 6 koalas drawn by Shawn for September 2025:
Angel
You can read more about Angel and her time at Koala Gardens here
Bullet
You can read more about the life of much loved former colony favourite Bullet here
Honeydew
Honeydew overcame a difficult start to her life to get to live wild and free. You can read more about Honeydew’s story here
Onyx
Onyx is shown with one of the two joeys born to her at Koala Gardens. You can read more about Onyx’s life and legacy here.
Valentine
Valentine is an alpha male koala with Koala Gardens as part of his home range. You can read more about Valentine here.
Woody
You can read more about Woody at Koala Gardens here.
Shawn has a YouTube playlist of the drawings he has produced to celebrate Save the Koala Month, held in September each year.
Join the Colony and get involved
You can become part of the Koala Gardens Colony by adopting Valentine or one of the other resident wild koalas. You can also become a Patron, and one level has an adoption option.
Come and discuss Koala Gardens and all things koala on Discord where we hold lots of interesting and often in-depth discussions there. Lots of fun!
You will become part of the family and help provide much needed koala habitat.
You can also follow Katrina and the Koalas on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Koala Gardens publishes a small number of delightful illustrated children’s books in the The Adventures of Mist series. Check out the beautifully engaging and educational design. Our mission is to help children to “Fall in love with Nature”.
You can even find some great Koala Gardens gifts over at Redbubble where there is huge range of designs on an even bigger range of items.
Alternatively, you can find quick access links to everything Koala Gardens via Link Tree.
Take a walk on the wide side with Katrina at Koala Gardens for a tour.
Coming to NSW? Book for a Wild Koala Tour here.
