PROTECTING OUR WILDLIFE
For the past 30 years, lifelong volunteer Joanne Bain has been rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing koalas in her Moreton Bay area home.
The selfless Queenslander is a 24-hour volunteer at Pine Rivers Koala Care, alongside her husband Gary.
“I have always loved our wildlife and helping them. Originally, I was only a carer of common species, but through a friend who was involved with koalas I started helping her,”
Joanne says. “Unfortunately, my husband had to spend a lot of time in hospital and I