Koala survives 16km Adelaide Hills journey trapped behind 4WD wheel, but joey missing

A koala has been released back into the wild after enduring a 16-kilometre nightmare clinging onto the axle of a four-wheel drive in the Adelaide Hills.

Don Bigham, from Fauna Rescue of South Australia's Koala Hotline, said they believed the marsupial crawled into the wheelwell where it attached itself to the axle last weekend.

It then found itself being driven for 16 kilometres through winding, hilly terrain. The driver was reportedly flagged down by other motorists but failed to find anything wrong.

It was not until he stopped that he heard crying under the car and called the Koala Rescue Hotline.

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