Tuesday December 16th we had a phone call on our 24 hour Rescue Hotline to say that a small koala was 'hanging  over the roadway' on Invercauld Road Goonellabah a suburb of Lismore.

Ashley is the second koala to be released with a radio tracking collar. He is part of a radio tracking study involving Friends of the Koala, Lismore City Council and Southern Cross University.

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After 4 months of intensive care, in the capable hands of vet Claude at the Australian Wildlife Hospital, Barbie has returned to Friends of the Koala ready for release.

Friends of the Koala does not cover the Armidale area but we often get enquires to the website regarding koalas spotted outside the area our license covers.

The following series of photos were sent to us by Natash Naude. They were taken of a koala having a drink on the University of New England Campus on September 19. Natasha was wondering if this behaviour was normal as it is commonly thought koalas do not drink.