Biolink were contracted by Ipswich City Council to undertake an assessment of habitat use by koalas across Council’s Parks and Reserves including the Mount Grandchester, Flinders-Goolman and White Rock-Spring Mountain Conservation Estates. The project involved a review of historical koala records to examine changes in koala distribution over time, as well as field survey of 63 sites using SAT or Rapid-SAT methodologies to quantify aspects of koala occupancy and metapopulation configuration in key areas. Baseline data collected by this study provides a background against which a longer-term koala population monitoring program can be implemented across the Ipswich Local Government Area.