31 Koala at Jacka, ACT
Identification history
| Phascolarctos cinereus | 17 Oct 2024 | DonFletcher | ||
| Phascolarctos cinereus | 17 Oct 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Phascolarctos cinereus | 17 Oct 2024 | wadef |
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Significant sighting
10 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
17 Oct 2024
Hi @wadef, could you please check the location given here, and correct it if necessary?
DonFletcher
wrote:
18 Oct 2024
Prob sent here to petition parliament.
No seriously, there used to be abundant patches of koalas in the region, long before Canberra was a glint in OMalleys eye. With some clever restoration, maybe we can get some back.
No seriously, there used to be abundant patches of koalas in the region, long before Canberra was a glint in OMalleys eye. With some clever restoration, maybe we can get some back.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
25 Oct 2024
Note - this has hit the news, see Riotact: https://the-riotact.com/first-wild-koala-sighting-in-years-could-put-the-brakes-on-new-gungahlin-suburb/820731
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
25 Oct 2024
Also in Canberra Times: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8800835/koala-sighting-confirmed-on-jacka-housing-development-land/
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
25 Oct 2024
At least the Riotact isn't behind a paywall like The Canberra Times.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
26 Oct 2024
David Pocock on Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/p/DBhWrpgTqGY/?img_index=1
Location information
- Places Jacka, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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Significant Featured wadef Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr NSW Government Priority Species Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 Priority Species ACT threatened species Wombats & Koalas Mammals Phascolarctos cinereus
Species information
- Phascolarctos cinereus Scientific name
- Koala Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -13.51m to 1077.27m Recorded at altitude
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