Koala habitat destroyed in Redlands after 100-year-old gumtrees bulldozed

A lone koala sat high in a gumtree in the bayside suburb of Ormiston, east of Brisbane on Wednesday, as the trees around it were bulldozed to the ground.

Redlands Councillor Wendy Boglary said she spent the last 12 years trying to protect the small koala colony that used a tract of undeveloped land as a key feeding ground and breeding site.

“Today is pretty devastating,” Ms Boglary said, as she watched 100-year-old gum trees being fed through a woodchipper.

The land…