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.

The new baby koala peeking out of mum Buffy's pouch at Tidbinbilla.

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.