YOUNG people are putting the spotlight on koalas on Saturday when they host a Koala Family Fun Day at Underwood Park on Saturday (November 12).
The day is being hosted by Logan Youth Action Group, and the fun day runs alongside an annual koala count which happens throughout November.
The count is designed to improve the health and wellbeing of the local koala population.
The community is encouraged to upload any records of koalas including sightings, scats and audios of their mating calls via a free phone app @ “Logan Koala Count 2022 · iNaturalist”.
Researchers from Griffith University are also keen to have residents send in koala scat for analysis so they can learn more about koala families.
University student Molly Prieditis, from Cornubia, is a spokesperson for the Koala Family Fun Day.
She said the program would include wildlife encounters, face painting, a sausage sizzle and other family fun activities.
It will run from 10am to 1pm at Underwood Park, 982-1006 Underwood Rd, Priestdale at the amphitheatre/celebration lawn area.
“This will be a chance for people to get up close with some wildlife,” she said.
Fellow Fun Day organiser and year nine student Gabrielle Worship, from Rochedale South, said the group decided to focus on koalas after they began investigating endangered wildlife species.
