Koalas Gold Coast: Best suburbs to spot koalas
Love koalas? Keen to see them in the wild? A new list has revealed the Gold Coast suburbs you’re most likely to spot Australia’s favourite native creature.
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A NEW list has revealed the Gold Coast suburbs you’re most likely to spot a koala in.
Palm Beach councillor Daphne McDonald has shared a list with her social media followers which shows the city’s southern suburbs are koala hotpots.
There were 615 koala sightings across the city in 2018.
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Topping the list of 46 suburbs was Elanora with 77 sightings, followed by Burleigh Heads on 58 and Tallebudgera on 57.
Other high-placed suburbs include Clagiraba, Helensvale and Bonogin.
The suburbs with the fewest sightings were Palm Beach, Burleigh Waters, Biggera Waters and Gaven.
It comes just a month after a koala nicknamed Gruff wandered into a woman’s home in Tallebudgera Valley.
The koala had a sore eye and was taken away for treatment.
Currumbin Sanctuary treats around 100 koalas each year which are hit by vehicles on the Gold Coast and in northern NSW.
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