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Jackson and the Pope are just a couple of the celebrities that have experienced Lone Pine's koalas up close. | |
There is no place on earth that you will enjoy an encounter with Koalas like that presented at Lone Pine. With 130 adult koalas and new joeys (baby koalas) emerging all year round, two keeper shows a day, and koala cuddles and photos all day long, you will not leave disappointed.
Cuddle a koala and have your photo taken ANYTIME of the day!
Hugging a koala is easy by following these steps:
1. Stand facing a koala handler
2. Place your hands on top of each other, and in front of your body at your
waist height
3. Keep your hands together while the handler places a koala on you.
4. Try to be "a tree"and support the koala's weight by standing still
and have your hands under the koala at all times
"Big smile!"- Your magic moment with one of Lone Pine's 130 koalas is
caught on the camera!
Here's a short video for you
75 Years
For almost 75 years, famous and not-so-famous people have visited Lone Pine
to cuddle a koala.
Banned in NSW
Koala cuddling has been banned in New South Wales since 1997, but cuddling
is still permitted in Queensland, and especially at Lone Pine.
In Queensland, koalas can only be cuddled for less than 30 minutes per day. They must also get every fourth day off. This ensures that they get plenty of time to eat and sleep. At Lone Pine, we "clock on" and "clock off" our koalas when they go to the koala cuddling area.
Just as wild horses are truly wild and tame ones are quite fond of people, a koala's temperament is mostly determined by their upbringing.
In fact at Lone Pine, we have koalas that like people so much that they climb onto staff that pass by! We're not really sure why they do this, but perhaps it's because people are softer than trees.
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