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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 14:03:00

Recognised as the world's oldest and largest koala sanctuary, Lone Pine sits on the banks of the Brisbane River at Fig Tree Pocket, around a dozen kilometres from the centre of Brisbane. It was opened in 1927 by Claude Reid with just two koalas, Jack and Jill, at a time when the species was being hunted for its fur, and it has grown into a sprawling sanctuary caring for more than a hundred koalas alongside scores of other native species. Its name comes from a single hoop pine planted in 1867 tha...