The Year 3 classses at Rochedale State School recently went on an Excursion to Daisy Hill Forest to have a look at the Koala Centre there. Daisy Hill Forest is only about 5 minutes from our school and the bushland area between Daisy Hill and Redland Bay is the most significant remaining koala habitat in Queensland.

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Our two Year 3 classes visited Daisy Hill Forest to gather information about koalas. The children walked along the boardwalk to the Koala Centre.

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Ranger Donna explained all about koalas - their description, habitat, food and reproduction. They learnt lots of interesting facts, especially that koalas love dirt! The children could observe orphaned koalas which are cared for at Daisy Hill, from the Observation Deck inside the Centre.

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Here's one of the orphaned koalas with its favourite meal of gum leaves. The children were involved in many hands-on activities at the Centre.

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After the Koala Centre, the children ate their lunches (i.e. if the magpies left some) and enjoyed the peaceful environment of the forest. All the children had a most enjoyable and informative excursion. On returning to school, the children wrote reports about koalas.

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