By: Michael Fox
Koala Mt Gravatt Outlook Drive
Koala breeding season is here again: August to February. So it is very important that dogs visiting Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve are kept on a leash at all times. Dog owners regularly tell us that “their dogs wouldn’t attack koalas because they’re well trained and don’t cause problems.” However, the RSPCA rescue volunteer releasing a young male Koala at Gertrude Petty Place yesterday told Sue Jones different story “dogs are more often than not implicated in Koala rescues.”
Koala Family (l-r) father, joey (male), mother
Alan Moore photographed this family group last Saturday in Fox Gully Bushcare behind houses in O’Grady Street.
Toni McDonald photographed another Koala last Wednesday in Firefly Gully off Mt Gravatt Road.
We now have a healthy Koala population in the Reserve and people often ask how many Koalas there are. Until now, other than telling them that we have two or three joeys each year I don’t have any detailed numbers to share. The joint Queensland University of Technology-Brisbane City Council research using heat-seeking drones should provide valuable population information.
Mount Gravatt Environment Group 