Help QKS build a Mini Koala Kindy

Hi. My name is Loredana and I'm raising funds for Queensland Koala Society Inc, QKS, to help care for orphaned koalas. With your help, QKS can build a mini koala kindy.

A koala kindy is where orphaned koala joeys learn to become independent and to feed themselves. Little ones can learn to eat in privacy without any help from humans. They learn to be big koalas and can then be released into their local koala habitat.

Your donation can help to build this mini koala kindy. We buy so much online. Buy a chance to help our local rescue, QKS, save our local koalas. Please join those of us that do more than placing a ‘like’ or a care emoji. Any donation big or small helps and is very much appreciated. Donate and help build a future for a koala today.

Meet QKS’s latest orphaned koala, Noreen

In an ideal world, koalas could live safely in their environment and not face daily dangers. The koala, an iconic Australian animal, is instead facing extinction. Our local koala population at Whites Hill Reserve is being killed by car strikes at an ever-increasing rate.

On the 4th of July, on Boundary Road near the reserve, a member of the public stopped after witnessing a car strike a koala. The koala ran up a roadside tree but her joey had fallen off her back. Luckily this gentleman was able to pick up the joey and then call for help.

Various rescuers were quickly on the scene and mum was rescued. Both koalas were taken to the RSPCA’s hospital.

Doreen and Noreen, as they were named, were checked carefully and given the all-clear at the hospital. The pair were soon released into a safer part of Whites Hill away from busy Boundary Road.

On the 13th of July however, Doreen and baby Noreen were involved in another car strike in the very same spot the first strike occurred. Sadly Doreen sustained severe injuries and had to be euthanised.

It took rescuers four hours to find baby Noreen and get her to safety. She is now an orphan in the care of QKS being bottle-fed every two to three hours. Noreen faces a long road ahead in care to be ready for release one day.

The care of such a small koala is very specialised. Orphaned koalas need careful monitoring and nurturing. They need formulas specific for koalas to drink, young eucalyptus leaves to eat and a safe environment to develop as they grow.

A koala kindy is a much-needed space to prepare orphaned koalas like Noreen for eventual release.

Who is QKS?

Queensland Koala Society (QKS) is a not-for-profit volunteer organisation located in Brisbane and founded by Angela Christodoulou & Ermanno Nobilio in 2018.

What does QKS do?

QKS is committed to conserving koala populations for future generations, promoting the preservation of the environment and contributing to Australia’s biodiversity within the southeast Queensland region.

QKS rescues sick, injured, orphaned and displaced Koalas, caring for and rehabilitating these animals, and then relocating them to their natural habitat. QKS koala rescues are particularly focused around the Whites Hill Reserve in Brisbane which is home to many koalas.

QKS educates the community and interested volunteers on the value and importance of koala rescue and habitat.

QKS also provides a prompt FREE 24/7 koalas rescue service in the Brisbane area.

QKS expertise

QKS founder, Angela, has a vast knowledge and understanding of koalas, how to rescue them and provide the very specialised care they require. Angela has volunteered thousands of hours to koala rescues with the RSPCA and with her rescue. She has completed wildlife rescue courses for about 35 different native Australian animals. Other animals also rescued by QKS include kangaroos, wallabies, gliders, possums, birds, lizards and emus.

QKS rescuers are trained and experienced and have close links with Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital and other wildlife hospitals in Queensland.

What funding does QKS need to help koalas?

The main aim of QKS is for all rescued local koalas to be rehabilitated and released in their local area. At QKS koalas can safely recover from trauma and/or become old enough and self-sufficient for release in their local habitat.

To provide the best facilities for rescued koalas funding for the following areas is required:

- A Mini Koala Kindy - A place where up to three koala joeys learn to feed themselves. Little ones can learn to eat without human assistance.

= $6,000 each

- Koala Enclosures - An enclosure might house just one koala if that koala is sick with chlamydia for example.

= $6,000.00 each

- Fencing for tree plantation - An area with eucalyptus trees to provide a much-needed source of fresh eucalyptus leaves for koalas.

= $25,000

- An Education Centre for community/school groups to learn all about our koalas and how to help them. An air-conditioned facility to seat up to 20 people.

= $100,000

- A Koala Kindy - A large enclosed area with trees and a pond for joeys to move to from their mini kindy enclosure. They have many trees where they can learn to climb. This area is the final stage before release.

= $315,00

What to do if you find an injured koala

QKS rely on the general community to call their rescue hotline for sick, injured, displaced or orphaned koalas.

QKS’ highly skilled and expert rescuers volunteer to pick up sick, injured, displaced or orphaned koalas. The koalas are transported in rescue vehicles to the closest wildlife hospital for needed medical treatment as quickly as possible.

For help with local Brisbane koalas in need 24 hours/7 days per week, please call the QKS rescue hotline on 0419 709 639. Always stay with the koala till help arrives.