Welcome to the information page for the Blair Athol Koalas that are being followed using satellite tracking collars! Every week this year we have updated the locations of the koalas that are being tracked using satellite transmitters at the Blair Athol Coal Mine. This aspect of the tracking program has been underway for almost 1 year now, so over the next few weeks we will be replacing the collars on the koalas and refurbishing their transmitters.

Here, we are introducing the stars of the show - the koalas! The koala on the right of the screen here is "Buzz"- named after Buzz Light year. This animal appears as 49509 on the tracking pages.

His collar can be seen just under his chin and he also has a numbered yellow tag in his left ear. Koala researchers in Queensland follow the "Melzer" tagging technique, right ear for females and left ear for males.

 The koala on the left of the screen is "Venus". This photo was taken during her catch in June 2004, before she had a collar fitted.

To the right is Knuckles: she is a female koala who lives right on the edge of the mine itself! This photo was taken of her in an ironbark on the mine lease and she never wanders too far away from this area.

On the left here is Popeye. He is a big male koala who travels considerable distances, as the weekly locations indicate.

We found this koala in the same tree as one of our collared females, something uncommon during the day at our site. The koalas are very spread out and it is unusual to find two koalas in the one tree.

As the weekly tracking maps are downloaded from the web, we will continue to put the locations of the koalas up on the tracking page. For more information on the Blair Athol Koala Project, visit the Koala Venture website.

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