Adorable koalas settling in at Yanchep

Louis explores his new home at Yanchep National Park. Image credit: Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

Yanchep National Park, about 50 kms north of the Perth CBD, is home to three new koalas. 

The newcomers are Miffy, a seven-year-old female from Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, and 18-month-old brothers Louie and Franklin Doogsie, from South Australia’s Cleland Wildlife Park. 

They have joined the park’s existing residents, 19-year-old Kate and 14-year-old Koodah, who are descended from koalas brought to Yanchep National Park from South Australia in the late-1980s. 

Perth Zoo vets assisted the new arrivals throughout a quarantine period, and visitors are able to view the koalas from 8am to 4.30pm every day from a boardwalk that winds through a carefully managed habitat. 

Yanchep National Park has a diverse range of flora and fauna, providing habitat for several species of native mammal, including the quenda, western grey kangaroo, and black-glove wallaby.  

Koalas inhabit eucalypt forests and woodlands in eastern Australia from north Queensland through to south-east South Australia. They were introduced to Yanchep National Park in 1938. 

More on this popular park, its fauna, flora, Aboriginal cultural experience, and other attractions, plus links to the WA Parks Foundation’s Smartreka mapping initiative here.

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