Bangalow Koalas

28/10/2026

Wow, it is so fabulous to see how much these trees have grown since we planted at the end of May 2025 at a property in East Coraki.

Funding thanks to NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, with trees funded by One Tree Planted and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

The first photo is planting day with the next two during a maintenance run in July this year with the workplace superkoala overlooking the work!!

Just under three months later this week's maintenance run and you can see the difference in trees in just that short period with yet another workplace superkoala in charge.

Big thanks to Jake from Jake Lennon Regeneration.

If you would like to help us plant more trees in 2027 you can donate at https://www.bangalowkoalas.com.au/donate

If you are interested in joining our corridor you can email Linda at [email protected] for details.

27/10/2026

We are sorry we have been so quiet but behind the scenes so much has been happening. Working on getting funding for 2027 planting season, grant reporting, annual report writing, site inspections and even a trip down to Geelong Grammar School.

Back when the ABC Landline episode aired in April this year we received an email from Peter Dickson who's wife is employed by Geelong Grammar and they live within the campus grounds.

He loved the wonderful Landline story and was inspired by our work, so after calls and emails Rossco (ex-day student) and myself travelled down to meet up with the estate manager, teachers and students who are very keen to do something within the grounds of the school.

Our long-term vision is to mentor others to do something similar to what we do. We have been contacted over the years by people in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. If we can inspire one school to plant within their grounds, we hope the idea can spread across the east coast. Planting a seed, which becomes a tree and then a forest.

If you want to help us plant more trees in 2027 you can donate at https://www.bangalowkoalas.com.au/donate

If you are interested in joining our Koala Wildlife Corridor across the Northern Rivers of NSW email Linda at [email protected] for details

23/10/2026

The NSW Upper House has just passed the Great Koala National Park Reservations Bill! It’s done - we finally have our GKNP! 🐨❤️

What an historic day! After 15 years of community campaigning, the trees will permanently stop falling in over 178,000 hectares of public native forest on the Coffs Coast on Gumbaynggirr and Dunghatti Country!

Congratulations to all those who have campaigned and contributed for the GKNP over so many years - what a journey!

At last the koalas, greater gliders and myriad of other native fauna can live in peace and recover from decades of unsustainable clear fell logging that has decimated their habitats.

We acknowledge the hard work of Minister Penny Sharpe and thank her and Premier Chris Minns for bringing the GKNP home.🙏

Special thanks to NPAs Dr Grahame Douglas and the NPA GKNP campaign team along with Dailan Pugh NEFA, Susie Russell NCEC, Sue Higginson and Cate Faehrmann NSW Greens, Clancy Bernard NCC and Stuart Blanch WWF who worked so hard for this outcome and never lost sight of the long game. 👏

Also thank you to ecologists Dave Scotts, Hank and Sue Bower and Oisin Sweenie who contributed vital science to the campaign - legends! 🫶

Photo: Calumn Hockey

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23/10/2026

Breaking news the The Great Koala National Park is now a reality officially passing through NSW Parliament today.

Fabulous news for koalas and other native species and after more than a decade in the making, the final bill was supported by every member of the ALP and Liberals, the Greens, and three independents. Penny Sharpe MLC Chris Minns LEAN NSW - Labor Environment Action Network Tamara Smith, MP

Well done to everyone who campaigned for this massive victory.

Special mention goes to my friend and colleague Dr Stuart Blanch from WWF-Australia your passion and dedication has finally paid off.

Well done Penny Sharpe MLC for your passion and commitment to make this a reality, it is a privilege to know you.

But it doesn't stop there, we have another 1.56 million ha of state forest in NSW that needs to be protecting.

Bangalow Koalas will continue to plant more trees in our goal to reach 850,000 trees by the end of 2030.

Let's celebrate this huge achievement....then get back to work.

May the koalas be with you!!

21/10/2026

Turn your tinnies into trees. We are listed as a charity on the Return and Earn donations page https://returnandearn.org.au/donate

No matter where you live in NSW you can help raise funds for Bangalow Koalas and help us plant more trees.

Get the Return and Earn app on your phone, select Bangalow Koalas and start collecting tinnies, bottles and turn them into trees.

So please be a Keith and turn your tinnies and bottles into trees, no matter where you live in NSW.

If you want to find out other ways to be involved check out our website at https://www.bangalowkoalas.com.au

21/10/2026

The last couple of years have proven a real struggle with raising enough funds to do what we need to do. 2027 is looking like we may have a shortfall for funding our trees to plant and we need your help.

Monthly donations are the lifeblood of Bangalow Koalas. While grants and one-off donations are invaluable, they are often unpredictable, highly competitive, and restricted to specific projects. Regular monthly giving provides stable, reliable funding needed to keep our organisation operating and deliver long-term conservation outcomes.

Your donation will help us plant more trees in 2027, plant more Hope Trees, Hope for koalas, Hope for the planet and Hope for all of us.

28/09/2026

28/09/2026

Huge thank you to my colleague and friend Saul from Property Shot Photography for putting together this wonderful video of our time at United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

We had such a fabulous time and have already put in our first grant application as a result of attending.

23/09/2026

Thanks to one of our wonderful landholders Lisa Rose in Tatham Rd, South Gundurimba for this gorgeous photo of mother and joey in a planting we did in 2022.

Funded thanks to our wonderful partners at WWF-Australia Regenerate Australia we planted 10,395 koala and rainforest trees in June and September along the riparian area and Tatham Rd.

Trees were funded by One Tree Planted and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Both sections of the plantings have had koalas using the trees, with camera trap footage, scratchings, scats and broken branches as evidence.

We are hoping to plant more in 2027.

If you are interested in joining our corridor please email [email protected] for details.

If you would like to help us plant more trees in 2027 you can donate at https://www.bangalowkoalas.com.au/donate

10/09/2026

Fabulous news, we know Penny Sharpe has been working really hard on the Great Koala National Park. Bangalow Koalas has been working on a huge project with NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and we know first hand their commitment to koalas.

It will happen, don't be mislead by people who say otherwise.

Great news!

SMH BREAKING: 'The Greens have now announced a decision not to kill off the scheme after an extremely close-run debate in the party room, and after negotiating some changes. The vote has been brought forward to Thursday.’

'the federal government has approved a NSW proposal to create ACCUs by protecting public forests, called the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method. The Nationals have moved a disallowance motion in the Senate and the Greens hold the balance of power.'

'At issue is whether state governments should be able to earn carbon credits for protecting public forests, as the NSW government wants to do to support its proposed Great Koala National Park. A Nationals move to kill off the plan will come to a vote 'today', with Bob Brown among those urging the Greens to join their old political foes. Other groups, not least the NSW Greens, say the plan must be allowed to go ahead.'

'Those who believe the Senate should not kill off the method include Greenpeace, WWF Australia, the NSW Nature Conservation Council, the NSW National Parks Association, Environment Victoria, North East Forest Alliance, South East Forest Alliance, the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Council (with former Treasury secretary Ken Henry and former Wilderness Society national director Lyndon Schneiders), various prominent ecologists such as Professor David Lindenmayer and Professor Hugh Possingham, the Aboriginal Advisory Panel for the Great Koala National Park (though not all Gumbaynggir people agree), and independent Senator Lidia Thorpe.'

Against: The Australia Institute, Bob Brown, Christine Milnn 'Those who believe the Senate should kill off the INFM also include the Wilderness Society and Wilderness Australia, which includes former NSW environment minister Bob Debus and former Treasury official Virginia Young.'