While it was a home among the gum trees, Sutherland Police couldn’t quite "be-leaf" their ears when a call to a koala in the laundry of an Engadine home was broadcast on the police radio. , NSW Police say
Around 11.25pm on Saturday 12 August 2017, police from Sutherland Local Area Command were called to a house in Awate Place at Engadine after the female occupant said she had a koala in her laundry.
The owner told police she wasn’t able to reach animal welfare services. Police arrived a short time later and asked the furry intruder to explain itself. After the fluffy guest mounted a case to melt the most hardened of gumshoes, police had one tactical option.
The officer, who is a current WIRES volunteer, escorted the adventurous marsupial from the laundry, into the backyard and watched it return to its eucalypt home.
