Latest news on koalas

Friends of the Earth is happy to announce that 2,155 hectares of land has been added to the Brataualung Forest Park in the Strzelecki Ranges. The land was promised by the State Government back...

Last week VicGrid sent out an email letting people know that they have identified the preferred route and indicative easement for the transmission line to connect 2 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy off the...

SKAT's second Koalathon is happening on October 25.  All details of the koalathon can be found here.  The event hopes to get people walking, riding or running along a circuit in eastern Melbourne. If...

SKAT is the Strzelecki Koala Collective at Friends of the Earth Melbourne. At our last meeting (May 13, 2026) the collective unanimously agreed to oppose the Fish Creek Quarry expansion that has been concerning...

Finally, after 6 years, our koala surveys at Mullungdung and Won Wron State Forests in south east South Gippsland. have finished and a new report on our findings are now published. Over 5000 trees...

Since 2020, residents of Gippsland have been sharing information via Friends of the Strzelecki Koala Facebook Group regarding locations of koala hit by vehicles. This information has also been added to Friends of the...

Friends of the Earth's SKAT collective has just completed koala scat surveys in the 7,000 hectare Won Wron State Forest, near Yarram. Won Wron is definately a stronghold of the Strzelecki koala, with perhaps...

On the 18th and 19th of May, Anthony Amis from SKAT (Friends of the Earth Melbourne's koala collective)  visited Budj Bim National Park, the site of Victoria's largest mass koala shooting and probably the...

Update 20/5/25: Friends of the Earth Budj Bim site visit see here Update 25/4/25: Locals are informing us that shooters have been shooting from helicopters at Budj Bim all week, meaning that hundreds more...

SKAT's inaugural Koalathon occurred on March 30 2025 in East Malvern.  Over 50 people took part in the event, with $7,000 being raised. Donations to the Koalathon can still happen and the site will...