Koala Action Group - Toondah Harbour research area - Wildlife Australia Guide Claimed

Koala Research Area at Toondah Harbour

THE Koala Action Group-sponsored tracking of resident koalas in the Toondah Harbour Priority Development Area (PDA), in 2016 and 2017 and backed up through koala spotting to the present day, ranks with the most important koala conservation research ever completed.

There were as many encouraging surprises in the results as there were reinforcements of known threats to the species – from encroaching human development, disease, vehicle strikes and dog attacks, and even natural risks such as lightning strikes – according to Koala Action Group president Debbie Pointing. 

“Our group was surprised at the number of koalas in the Toondah precinct area, which was expected to be only a few – as was stated in the Ecology Report commissioned by the developer (Walker Group holdings).  Over the tracking period of approximately 12 months we saw at least a dozen different individual koalas that included those we were GPS tracking.

“The koalas were predominantly healthy and four of the five females we tracked were breeding. The research also revealed the amount of movement that occurred mostly at night, and involved the majority of the