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A wildlife park in Australia is celebrating a ‘first in 15 years’ (stock)(Image: Hadi Zaher via Getty Images)<\/p>\nStaff at Yanchep National Park in Western Australia are celebrating the birth of a baby koala – known as a joey – the first witnessed on the conservation site in 15 years<\/p>\n
Alan Johnson Social News Reporter<\/p>\n
12:20, 23 Sep 2025<\/p>\n
A wildlife park in Australia is celebrating a ‘first in 15 years’ (stock)(Image: Hadi Zaher via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
A wildlife park is celebrating a “first in 15 years” occurrence after witnessing an adorable baby koala. Staff at Yanchep National Park in Western Australia<\/a> expressed their delight at the milestone after Miffy and Louie became proud parents to their little joey<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a chance recording, infrared cameras at the site caught a glimpse of the youngster<\/a> peaking from Miffy’s pouch – something the Yanchep conservation team is incredibly excited by. Park staff are now busy keeping an eye on the pair, and in fact, the joey is believed to be around five months old. In a video shared to Facebook<\/a>, the park’s senior ranger Phillipa Jarvis Carboon admitted staff are “ecstatic” to announce the new addition to the koala family<\/a>.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s what we\u2019ve been working towards very definitely in all earnest for about the last six years,” she said. “So, it\u2019s a really big achievement… it was a day that we weren\u2019t necessarily sure would happen.”<\/p>\n Phillipa also explained the park will now do all that it can for Miffy and monitor in all of their enclosures and environments.<\/p>\n “With all the visitors it has been a challenge,” she confessed. “But I’m just stoked… I’m so excited. It’s just brilliant news.”<\/p>\n Writing in response to the clip, one Facebook user praised Phillipa: “Wonderfully presented Pip – very special for the park after such a long time in the making and all the effort and work that you and management put in make it happen.”<\/p>\n While a second person pondered: “Are you going to do a call out for a name? “That would be so cool.”<\/p>\n Still unsure, Phillipa revealed: “No we don\u2019t know yet, we will wait to find out. And we have a name also ready but will wait to announce it. We will let Miffy and the Joey do their thing.”<\/p>\n Mum, Miffy arrived from Ballarat Wildlife Park in 2024, while dad, Louie is one of two brothers who came from Cleland Wildlife Park in South Australia.<\/p>\n