Adopt Granite Powerball

“Powerball” is a male joey whose mother is Granite Northpower.

One night Granite Northpower was hit by a car whilst crossing the road in Granite Street, Port Macquarie. Granite Northpower suffered severe damage to her right eye (permanent blindness) and minor damage to her right hindquarters. At the time of the accident, she was carrying a small 365 gram male joey in her pouch who did not appear to suffer any damage.

At around seven months, this beautiful little male joey decided it was time to leave the comfort of mum’s pouch and see what the world had to offer. Staff at the hospital decided to name him “Powerball”.

When Powerball was approximately 11 months old, his mum had had enough of his antics so he was placed into Yard 10 at the Koala Hospital. Yard 10 is where all the orphaned joeys who have been reared by Hospital home carers are placed to “dehumanise” going through an adjustment period, learning to be a wild koala. Powerball stayed in Yard 10 with eleven other joeys until he weighed 3.5 kilos - at this stage he was released into a safe bush environment.

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