Mist lived at Koala Gardens for a long time – by 2015 she was the matriarch of the colony and an important influence on the colony’s genetics and stability. She was one of the earliest koalas seen on the property, as early as 2012. Mist became well known for her calm nature and beautiful facial expressions.
MIST is the star of the children’s books “The Adventures of Mist” and lives on in our hearts forever as she helps children to fall in love with nature.
Matriarch Mist
By 2015 Mist clearly had a well established home range extending beyond Koala Gardens. Mist produced a healthy joey in 2015, leaving the property a few weeks after her joey emerged. She did not return for 7 months..
In 2016 colony matriarch Mist spent129 days at Koala Gardens. She may have had a joey in pouch, but she left the property before this could be confirmed. She returned couple of months later but did not have a joey with her.
In 2017 Mist produced a male joey subsequently named Enigma. At first Zorro was thought to be the father. However, as Enigma grew into a sub-adult it became increasingly likely, based on his dark colouring, that his father was Jordan. Mist left the property with Enigma on her back at the end of May. She reappeared mid September and deposited him in the area of the property subsequently named Enigma’s playground. (NB named areas change over the years)
One possible reason she was spending less time at Koala Gardens was that there were 3 young females on the property, 2 of whom had joeys in pouch. The most likely reason, however, is that she had brought Enigma back and left him to become independent and developing the skills he needed to without her around.
Krissy, Mist’s last joey, was born around Nov 2017 and he emerged from her pouch in late June 2018. They separated in late October.
Mist was taken by chlamydia, as are so many koalas, in December, 2018. She was a very important matriarch of the colony and has produced at least 6 known offspring (but very likely produced more). She certainly made her 12 years of wild koala life count.
Mist is the star of the children’s books The Adventures of Mist, published by Koala Gardens (below)
Mist has lots of videos on YouTube where she has her own playlist. (below). She appears in the Koala Gardens Happenings for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Join the Colony and get involved
You can become part of the Koala Gardens Colony by adopting one of the 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.
