5 Koala at Googong, NSW
Identification history
| Phascolarctos cinereus | 9 Oct 2025 | DonFletcher | ||
| Phascolarctos cinereus | 8 Oct 2025 | Wandiyali | ||
| Vombatus ursinus | 9 Aug 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Phascolarctos cinereus | 9 Aug 2023 | Wandiyali |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
14.12.22: Bellowing recorded as part of the SE LLS 'Koala Karaoke' Audio monitoring Project.
4.10.25: Koala seen on monitoring camera.
7 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
9 Aug 2023
Hi Wandiyali, A photo has uploaded of an audio recorder on a tree but I cant see the sound file. Could you try again to upload it please.
DonFletcher
wrote:
9 Aug 2023
This location is a long way from any other modern record (the nearest record in CNM is from 40 years ago) and the nearest CNM record in recent time is very far away. So we need to have the evidence as good as possible.
Wandiyali
wrote:
9 Aug 2023
hi Don, the audio file/s are with the SE LLS 'Koala Karaoke' Audio monitoring Project. There have been nearby koala reports in Jerrabomberra eg a December 2012 report by NPWS.
DonFletcher
wrote:
9 Aug 2023
Hi Wandiyali, thanks, but I'm not sure I understand. I may need you to explain more. And perhaps it will help if I point out that the role of CNM is to record species occurrences based on evidence that a moderator can reasonably agree to. Preferably we store a copy of the audio file or photo, but if it is NPWS or LLS who has these data, are you able to provide a copy of their report(s), or at least a reference for them, as well as the dates, locations and descriptions of the events. Also, I suppose I should point out that there have been some claims for koala calls that turned out to actually be something else, so we prefer the calls (or whatever record) to have been confirmed by someone appropriate.
DonFletcher
wrote:
15 Feb 2025
Hi @Wandiyali, You may not be aware, but there are hundreds of claims for desirable species where they do not occur. Nature Mapper is meant to store only records confirmed by a moderator. So strictly speaking you should provide the audio file for us to hear. I occasionally make exceptions (i.e. break the rule) if a reliable expert says they saw or heard the thing, but so far you haven't given us much for our records e.g. not even your name, much less the identity of the expert who listened to the recordings. So, please tell who, if anyone, has identified the sound file as koala bellowing? Or can you please give a reference to a written report from this project which identifies a koala at this location? Otherwise I have to classify your record as 'inconclusive'?
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
9 Oct 2025
H Wandiyali - can you remember whether this was on the inside or outside of the fence, and was the fence completed at the time?
Location information
- Maps Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Wandiyali Recorded by
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Collections
Wandiyali NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Phascolarctos cinereus Significant Featured ACT Most Wanted! Wingecarribee's Rare Animals Queanbeyan-Palerang Animals To Watch! Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 Priority Species NSW Government Priority Species ACT threatened species Wombats & Koalas Mammals
Species information
- Phascolarctos cinereus Scientific name
- Koala Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1042m Recorded at altitude
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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