2015-2023: Cottage Court – Walkerville
We have owned the property since 2014 and used to always see at least 4 or 5 koalas, and even a mother carrying a young one on her back on one occasion.
In the last 12 months we have alarmingly not been seeing (or hearing) any. A neighbour told us that a female that was blind and with chlamydia had sat on their doorstep. It was taken to a Vet and euthanised. Another neighbour was concerned they had seen one that seemed to have a lot of red inflammation on its face. The ones we had been seeing here always looked well and healthy.
We would always know if they were nearby as if a light plane flew over they would growl at the sound of the “growling” engine of the plane!!!!!!
Dates are:
15/02/2015
6 & 7 /01/2016
25 & 27/06/2016
26/12/2016
29 & 30/09/2018
25/12/2018
26/09/2019
4/01/2020
24/01/2020
29/01/2020
18/04/2020
15/11/2020
6/01/2021
12/07/2021
14/07/2021
23/07/2021
These were the specific dates we took photos.
We have a lot of Blue Gum and Manna Gums they (used to) love, but alarmingly there have been no sightings in the last 12 months. It was always quite obvious the male was a lot bigger and would literally chase the female out to the furthest extremes of a branch. I guess given there was a female that was stricken with chlamydia and she is now deceased, the male may have gone elsewhere?????
2023