KOALA POLITIKS LIVING WITH KOALAS and the KOALA HOSPITAL, PORT MACQUARIE reply sent to the EDITOR It was extraordinary to see a Public Notice ad (paid for?) in the Camden Haven Courier (Dec 13th 2017) from the Koala Hospital proclaiming that they had no association with me (G Henshaw) founder of LIVING with KOALAS. I […]
Mechanic fixing to save koalas: a Port Macquarie mechanics business is hoping to fix more than broken vehicles – they are also aiming to save our dwindling koala population… “I was shocked when I discovered just how low the number of wild koalas is in this area [Port Macquarie]” said Corey Siviour of APPS Mechanical… […]
Thumbs up to Nathan Smith owner of Bonny Hills Garden Centre Café – he is a big supporter of the Living with Koalas programme. He and his staff will be promoting and selling the newly published book The Good Thing About… Koalas. Nathan said “I spoke with G Henshaw [founder of Living with Koalas] some […]
Here is an extract from the Huffingpost (7.11.17) and an inteview with Ian Darbyshire, CEO of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife in Australia Australia is running out of Koalas Once widespread across Australia, the past 20 years has seen koala numbers decline dramatically, for some populations by as much as 80 percent. Ian […]
Thumbs up to Port Macquarie Council for their Dog Training initiative to try and combat the attacks by dogs on wild koalas in the area. “Dog owners and their pooches have been put through their paces in a final assessment as part of a pilot program. The program, which is the first of its kind, aims to […]
Extract from a report in the Port News, Port Macquarie 3.2017 Hastings Council has painted koala crossing messages on Ocean Drive in Port Macquarie, a known road strike black spot, to help create awareness and provide guidance to drivers… …The section of Ocean Drive between Koala Street and Christmas Bells Plains is a known road strike […]
A new program has been launched in the Port Macquarie-Hastings with the aim of creating koala food tree corridors connecting known koala habitats in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area. Living with Koalas program director and Lake Cathie resident G Henshaw said 400 tallowwood tube stock (a favourite food tree of koalas in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area) are being cared […]