- A trapped koala was spotted offshore this morning as the Coast Guard sailed by
- Volunteers rescued the stranded marsupial and took it safely back to the shore
- It was checked and then released safely back into the bushland on Quail Island
A koala that found itself trapped 300 metres offshore was rescued by members of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon.
They spotted the stranded creature at 10am, and while returning from rescuing a broken down vessel at Warneet, Western Port.
According to 9NEWS the soaked koala was clinging onto slippery ropes that were attached to a mooring pole.
A koala became trapped 300 metres off shore and was noticed by the Volunteer Coast Guard
The volunteers on the Australian Coast Guard boat made a detour to save the trapped creature
The coastguards used a rescue board to guide the koala to safety aboard their boat.
The volunteers then wrapped the marsupial in an orange towel, took it back to the shore and released is safely into bushland on Quail Island.
Australian Volunteer Coast Guard has since posted a photo to their Twitter page, and captioned it, ‘Coast Guard Koala Patrol to the rescue, we don’t just help boats!!’
The koala was wrapped in an orange towel and take back to shore on the Coast Guard’s boat
Australian Volunteer Coast Guard volunteers have released the koala safely back into the bush