"He couldn't climb the trees properly because of his missing thumb but he saw all the surfers. He wanted to go and have a try at surfing.
"So as he went out, did a lot of surfing, he dipped in the ocean and that's changed his grey into blue."
His hands featureindigenous designs but miss the second thumb most koalas use to climb trees.iPhone 6s replacement screen The name comesfrom thelocal Yugambehlanguage.
Other distinguishing elements include strips ofsunscreen or zinc on his face but the red nose shows the newly aquatic herbivore might have been a bit late to the sun smart party.
It's believed to bethe first time a koala, also the Queensland faunal emblem, has been used as a mascot for a Commonwealth or Olympic games.
"He's a surfing koala. He's everything. And we love him," Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said.
Borobiproved a little tricky to spell, with even the official Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Twitter account tripping up.
Monday also marked two years until the games began.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said more than4,000 workers had been inducted onto job sites across the region to play a role in the $400 million worth of construction projects.
"This month there will be 860 full time workers employed across all the venue and village construction sites, supporting strong jobs growth on the Gold Coast with the annual local employment up 5.4 percent on this time last year," she said in a statement.
"More than 2,500 full time jobs will be created during design and construction in delivering the sport and community infrastructure for the Games, and thousands of new jobs and opportunities for small businesses are in the pipeline."iPhone 6s replacement screen
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