Honeydew was found sitting on road near a precarious bend around midnight one night in September 2024. The person who found her simply walked over and picked her up – not something you can usually do with a koala! They called the Friends of the Koala hotline and kept her quiet overnight in a large cardboard box where she was very quiet.
When she was examined at Friends of the Koala she was found to have a little bit of blood in the abdomen and a shoulder injury. She could have fallen from a tree, or been tapped by a car. The injuries were minor, but she was around 9 months old and without her mum.
Thanks to the person who called the hotline Honeydew’s luck was about to change and she was raised and nurtured at Friends of the Koala, where she put on at least a kilogram in weight. Before release was vaccinated against chlamydia which will hopefully reduce her chances of disease for a while.
On 1st January, 2025 Honeydew, now the picture of health, was transferred into the kindy at Koala Gardens. What a great start to the New year for Honeydew and for Katrina!
Kindy Days
In the kindy Honeydew got her first experience of being alone in trees and begun to get ready for a life as a wild koala. Honeydew was released into the wild directly from the kindy at Koala Gardens.
Katrina opened the gate to allow her to leave. She seemed to like the kindy so much it took her five nights to finally come out!
Immediately after leaving the kindy, Honeydew started to move through the trees in the plantation and has been moving between the biggest trees and smaller plantation trees since then.
Back to hospital
In March, she suddenly developed conjunctivitis. Katrina acted immediately. She caught her and got her to the hospital for treatment. It took some time as Chlamydia is insidious.
However, the treatment was successful and Honeydew is back home!
Honeydew appears in the Koala Gardens Happenings for 2025 and has her own playlist on YouTube (below).
Join the Colony and get involved
You can become part of the Koala Gardens Colony by adopting Honeydew 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.
