The community outpouring to support our injured and burnt koalas has been outstanding.
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The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital has been inundated with around 70 koalas currently in its care, putting a strain on resources including feeding.
The Port Macquarie Golf Club has long had koalas visiting the course due to a quantity of food trees located around the course.
The golf club, through the Monday maintenance workers - a group of six members that provide assistance around the course to the greenkeepers - have met with the koala hospital to identify if there was any way in which the golf club maybe able to assist them with their work.
They asked if the club would be prepared to harvest suitable gum leaf branches for feeding the koalas.
There is a reasonable number of suitable gums (swamp mahogany; spotted gum and tallowwood trees) around our course, said a golf club spokesperson.
"As a result of these discussions, the club will be assisting the hospital in their recovery work by providing stocks of gum leaves over the coming weeks," the spokesperson said.
"The trees suitable trees on the Port Macquarie Golf Course have been marked with a blue dot.
"This signifies a tree that is preferred by the koalas for food.
"One of our members John Mills a former regional forestry manager has assisted in identifying the suitable trees on our course."
There are over 50 mature suitable located around the golf course.
The spokesperson said the Monday workers will be harvesting branches of leaves from these trees around the course each week and delivering them to the koala hospital.
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