Tidbinbilla staff have waited for weeks to catch their first glimpse of Buffy the Koala's new baby.
On Sunday the brave little Koala joey poked its head from Buffy's pouch to take a look at the big wide world.
Wildlife officer Corin Pennock was armed with a smartphone and captured the fluffy-faced marsupial wriggling around and checking things out.
A newborn Koala weighs less than a gram and looks a lot like a pink jelly bean. The blind hairless creature develops for several months in the mother's pouch nourished by her milk as it grows eyes, ears and fur.
Senior wildlife officer Dr Jenny Pierson said the joey was likely to be six months old but it would be a few months until staff undertook a full health check and determined its sex.
"The video was the first time we saw the head pop out of the pouch," she said. "We know it is about six months old because that is the age they start to pop their head out."
The youngster has not yet been named and Dr Pierson said eager wildlife fans could keep an eye on the joey's progress via Facebook and find out how staff plan to go about naming it.