Gloria was so keen to be back into the wild after her rehabilitation for conjunctivitis at the Friends of the Koala Care Centre she leapt out of her cage so fast the camera was unable to focus.

AGM Notice

7pm

15 August 2008

Lismore Workers Club

Notice of Special Resolutions

A vote will be taken on the adoption of the draft Constitution which was presented to the Committee at the June meeting.

I volunteer mostly collecting Koala food leaf for Friends of the Koala, and occasionally I get the chance to rescue a Koala. Rescues can be emotionally taxing.

Recently I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to a wonderful bunch of year 3/4 students from Barkers Vale Public School .

Their teacher Mrs Mac had fully prepared them for the visit including asking them to write several questions for me. The class had obviously been thinking about koalas, some of which live in the school grounds as there were some very well thought out questions.

Grover came into care last April, from Nunderi, after being spotted with red, sore eyes. He was suffering from conjunctivitis.

This week he was released, back to the wild, in the area where he came from.

Our FOK care centre makes no apologies to anyone who gets a stiff neck from gaulking at our furry friends in trees around here. Stiff necks can be a real pain in the neck, but what a way to enjoy the pain!

I was on the Friends of the Koala 24 hour rescue phone when a call came through for a koala with a pouch young. Both had been found sitting on the side of the road in the Clarence Valley Shire. This area is covered by Clarence Valley WIRES however they do not have many koalas come into care so refer many of them to us, in particular if they require the specilised services of the Australian Wildlife Hospital in which case we help out with transport.

Tuesday leaf harvesters, Roy and Kevin, reported for duty at the usual time. Inspecting what leaf was on hand, they decided all that was needed for the day would be three buckets (four at the most) of forest red and tallowood, so they think that will not take them long and they will have plenty of time to take old leaf to the tip as well.