Koala PUBLIC awareness road signage project

Toowoomba koala and wildlife rescue - koala awareness road signage project

Koala Road Awareness Sign installed on 100km/h road at Goombungee after regular koala crossing sightings at this area & one Koala rescue in February 2020. Photo Copyright Toowoomba Koala and Wildlife Rescue.

One of our projects this year has been to secure appropriate temporary signage that we can install (and later remove) in areas where koalas have been seen crossing roads or narrowly avoiding being hit by cars, where no permanent wildlife or koala signage exists. 

The signs are temporary and placed in a safe location (abiding to road advertising/ signage rules) to inform drivers and members of the public to take care in these particular zones, where they may not expect a koala to emerge onto the road. Similar signs have worked well in other regions and are used by Wildcare and Gympie Koala Action Group and they are also similar to the Cassowary sighting signs used in North Queensland. We also have some other informative signs for koala and kangaroo road trauma, which are a little more confronting. So far signs have been used at Highfields, Goombungee, Flagstone Creek, Meringandan, Murphy's Creek and Geham.

Koala Road Awareness Sign installed on 60km/h road at Highfields for a Koala sighting at this area on a busy road, April 2020. Photo Copyright Toowoomba Koala and Wildlife Rescue.

​We are very grateful for the advice given by other Koala groups and the supplier details to have these signs printed at an affordable rate. We also appreciate members of the public letting us know about any koala incidents or crossing they have witnessed.

Unfortunately we are still witnessing regular healthy koala deaths & injury from road trauma - particularly on the New England Highway in between Cabarlah and Crows Nest in the Toowoomba Region.

Should you find a injured, sick, orphaned or under-threat Koala, please phone the RSPCA Wildlife Hotline on 1300 ANIMAL (1300264 625) to be put in touch with an experienced local koala rescue volunteer.  To Report local crossings/sightings please message us through this page or on Facebook Messenger for immediate response. ​m.me/toowoombakoalarescue

Judi Gray
​Toowoomba Koala and Wildlife Rescue