Students launch new project to increase koala habitat

Mullumbimby High School students have planted hundreds of koala food trees on a hinterland property.

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October 27, 2020 - 3:31PM

Lismore Northern Star

Mullumbimby High School teacher Max Binkley speaks to students at his property as part of the new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

1/17Mullumbimby High School teacher Max Binkley speaks to students at his property as part of the new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

Mullumbimby High School students have launched a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities, to increase the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

2/17Mullumbimby High School students have launched a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities, to increase the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

3/17Mullumbimby High School students have launched a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities, to increase the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

4/17Mullumbimby High School teacher Max Binkley speaks to students at his property as part of the new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

Mullumbimby High School vice captain Indi Gumbrell and fellow students Malani Farrell and Bethany Woods prepare to plant trees as part of the new Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

5/17Mullumbimby High School vice captain Indi Gumbrell and fellow students Malani Farrell and Bethany Woods prepare to plant trees as part of the new Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

6/17Mullumbimby High School vice captain Indi Gumbrell and fellow students Malani Farrell and Bethany Woods prepare to plant trees as part of the new Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

Father and son Frank and Max Binkley at their Binna Burra property. Frank began an effort to plant more koala food trees on the property three years ago and his son, a teacher at Mullumbimby High School, has continued this with a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

7/17Father and son Frank and Max Binkley at their Binna Burra property. Frank began an effort to plant more koala food trees on the property three years ago and his son, a teacher at Mullumbimby High School, has continued this with a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

8/17Father and son Frank and Max Binkley at their Binna Burra property. Frank began an effort to plant more koala food trees on the property three years ago and his son, a teacher at Mullumbimby High School, has continued this with a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

Byron Shire deputy mayor Michael Lyon plants a koala food tree on a Binna Burra property. Mullumbimby High School students have launched the Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project, aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured this Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

9/17Byron Shire deputy mayor Michael Lyon plants a koala food tree on a Binna Burra property. Mullumbimby High School students have launched the Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project, aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured this Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

10/17Mullumbimby High School students have launched a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities, to increase the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

11/17Mullumbimby High School vice captain Indi Gumbrell and fellow students Malani Farrell and Bethany Woods prepare to plant trees as part of the new Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

12/17Mullumbimby High School teacher Max Binkley speaks to students at his property as part of the new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

13/17Mullumbimby High School students have launched a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities, to increase the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

Kaliyah Browning plants a koala food tree on a Binna Burra property as part of Mullumbimby High School's Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

14/17Kaliyah Browning plants a koala food tree on a Binna Burra property as part of Mullumbimby High School's Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

15/17Mullumbimby High School students have launched a new project, Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities, to increase the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

Byron Shire Council's Biodiversity Officer, Liz Caddick, at a Binna Burra property where Mullumbimby High students have launched the Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. Picture: Liana Boss

16/17Byron Shire Council's Biodiversity Officer, Liz Caddick, at a Binna Burra property where Mullumbimby High students have launched the Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. Picture: Liana Boss

A student plants a koala food tree on a Binna Burra property as part of Mullumbimby High School's Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

17/17A student plants a koala food tree on a Binna Burra property as part of Mullumbimby High School's Trees for Koalas - Connecting Communities project. The project is aimed at increasing the number of koala food trees on private properties within the Byron Shire. The group toured a Binna Burra property on Tuesday, October 27, before planting 400 new koala food trees to build upon existing plantation works. Picture: Liana Boss

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