Posts Tagged Under koala rescue

July 23rd, 2008

Koala Hitchhiker survives 100km/h collision

HE must be the luckiest koala in Queensland, not only surviving a hit by a car travelling at 100km/h, but also a 12km ride with his head stuck in its grille.

It is no wonder the staff at the Australian Wildlife Hospital at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast have dubbed the 8-year-old marsupial Ely “Lucky” Grills, after the late Australian television actor.

Posted in Wildlife
By Lesley Smitheringale
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