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LONE PINE KOALA SANCTUARY
200,000 square metres of nature, since 1927

 

Meet a koala, hand-feed kangaroos and engage with a large variety of Australian wildlife in Lone Pine's beautiful, natural settings.  Guests experience happy, healthy animals and engaged staff, as well as the opportunity to support conservation and enjoy educational opportunities.
  COVID-19 UPDATE: Lone Pine is closed temporarily. Keep each other safe during this time and we will see you again soon.  Details HERE  

General enquiries:
Email:
Phone: +61 7 3378 1366

 

Media enquiries:
Email:
Phone: +61 7 3378 1366

 

For employment or volunteer information, click here. 

  • All
  • Baby Animals
  • Birds
  • Brisbane Koala Science Institute
  • Community
  • Conservation
  • Diet
  • Enrichment
  • Exhibit Design
  • Green Products
  • Koalas
  • Research
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Threatened Species
  • Wildlife
  • Wildlife Hospital

  • Research

    As leaders of knowledge, we are dedicated to research and the discovery of new information.
    Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary conducts

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  • Sustainability

    Green Team
    Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary has created a Green Team to research and evaluate our environmental impact and we

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  • Social Initiatives

    Supporting local businesses
    Electricians, plumbers, sustainable technology companies, and construction and maintenance crews are all hired from the local area.

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  • Contact Us

    General enquiries:
    Email:
    Phone: +61 7 3378 1366

     

    Media enquiries:
    Email:
    Phone: +61 7 3378 1366

     

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  • Work and Volunteer Opportunities

    We are currently seeking expressions of interest for the below positions. Please email your interest to

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  • Teaming up with Happy Paws Happy Hearts

    Coming up with new and exciting enrichment ideas can be tricky and time

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    • Community
    • Enrichment

  • Beating the Heat - Handy Tips for Keeping Animals Cool

    Whilst the official first day of summer is still a couple

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    • Enrichment

  • Why we're batty for flying foxes

    Some of our keepers have recently become new mums, but not in the way

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    • Baby Animals
    • Conservation
    • Threatened Species
    • Wildlife
    • Wildlife Hospital

  • Make your New Year's resolution a green one

    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world"
    - Mahatma

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    • Community
    • Green Products
    • Sustainability

  • The Science of Saving Koalas

    At Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, we believe strongly in making scientific, fact-based decisions and connecting

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    • Brisbane Koala Science Institute
    • Conservation
    • Koalas
    • Research
    • Threatened Species
    • Wildlife

  • Tale of a Tail: Repairing broken feathers for 'Maverick' the falcon

    We all know more or less what’s involved in

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    • Birds
    • Wildlife Hospital

  • The Five Domains Series: Nutrition & satisfying some of the world's pickiest eaters

    Lone Pine recently received recognition from the

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    • Diet
    • Koalas
    • Threatened Species

  • Getting a Grip on Plastic Pollution

    March 3rd is World Wildlife Day, and this year’s theme is “Life Below Water:

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    • Birds
    • Conservation
    • Enrichment
    • Wildlife
    • Wildlife Hospital

  • Meet the Team - Frank

    Meet Frank, our Wildlife Curator, who joined the Lone Pine family in 2011. As curator, Frank

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    • Exhibit Design
    • Technology

  • Hermit's Journey

    Like all marsupials, koalas give birth to tiny, underdeveloped young called ‘joeys’. Born with no fur, underdeveloped eyes

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    • Baby Animals
    • Koalas
    • Threatened Species
    • Wildlife Hospital

  • Chilling with the platypodes: how we use the Earth's heat to keep our boys cool

    Platypuses, or platypodes (not platypi,

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    • Exhibit Design
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

  • Building a Rainforest for our Tree Frogs

    One of our greatest privileges is providing safe and enriching homes for the

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    • Exhibit Design
    • Technology

  • Celebrating 12 months of the Brisbane Koala Science Institute

    We cannot believe it has almost been a year since the

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    • Brisbane Koala Science Institute
    • Koalas
    • Research
    • Sustainability

  • Spirit’s Story

    With an impressive wingspan of around 2.3 metres, wedge-tailed eagles rule the skies as Australia’s largest birds of

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    • Birds
    • Enrichment
    • Technology
    • Wildlife Hospital

  • What is the 'Eucalyptus Snout Beetle' - An interview with Natalia Medeiros De Souza

    Here at Lone Pine, we not only

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    • Community
    • Conservation
    • Koalas
    • Research

  • Pap feeding: Get the scoop on this super poop

    Find out exactly why koala joeys eat their mums' poo as

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  • The 5 Domains Series: Health - Managing hypothyroidism in Tanami the dingo 

    Part of providing positive animal welfare is ensuring that

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  • Reptile Enrichment: Stimulating the senses of our scaly friends

    Reptiles are arguably some of the most stigmatised and misunderstood creatures

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  • Brush Turkeys: Learning to love these feathered friends

    The determined “scritch-scratch” shuffling of leaves is a sound that causes many

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  • Have you heard the buzz?

    Lone Pine has recently flicked on the “vacancy” signs at our brand-new native bee hotel,

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  • Tabby and Galit 2

    Tabby the Koala's Close Call

    Meet Tabby. Don’t let her small size and fuzzy face fool you, because this little

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  • Walking with Hendrix & Lizardcam

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    Walking with Hendrix & Lizardcam  

    Meet Hendrix, our adorable two-year-old male perentie. Hendrix arrived at Lone Pine in March

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