MHB Logic Puzzle: Where is the koala?

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The logic puzzle involves determining the location of a koala among five houses, each with distinct colors, inhabitants, animals, drinks, and cars. Key clues include the Tasmanian living in the red house and the Queenslander owning a wombat. The puzzle solver attempted to use trial-and-error and created a Prolog program to find a solution but encountered inconsistencies, particularly with the ownership of the crocodile. The solver ultimately expressed uncertainty about their logic, indicating a need for reevaluation. The challenge remains open for others to post their solutions.
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Anyone like riddles? I've got funny one.

​The Math Riddle Question: Where is the koala?

There are five houses, each of a different color and inhabited by men from different territories, with one unique animal*, drink, and car.

Some facts are given: 1. The Tasmanian lives in the red house. 2. The Queenslander owns the wombat. 3. The man in the green house drinks cocoa. 4. The New South Welshman drinks eggnog. 5. The green house is immediately to the right (your right) of the ivory house. 6. The owner of the Oldsmobile also owns a crocodile. 7. The owner of the Ford lives in the yellow house. 8. The man in the middle house drinks milk. 9. The Western Australian lives in the first house on the le[. 10. The man who owns the Chevrolet lives in the house next to the house where the man owns a Tasmanian devil. 11. The Ford owner's house is next to the house where the platypus is kept. 12. The Mercedes-Benz owner drinks orange juice. 13. The Victorian drives a Volkswagen. 14. The Western Australian lives next to the blue house.
 
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This was an interesting puzzle. I had to use trial-and-error, an assumption about the missing drink, and in the end, while I was able to find out where the koala is, I was not able to fill in the entire table.

The koala lives with the bloke from Tasmania in the red house on the far right; he drinks orange juice and drives the Mercedes-Benz. I made an assumption that the remaining, unmentioned drink was water. Moreover, I was unable to ascertain whether the Queenslander who drives the Oldsmobile and owns the wombat, lives in the ivory house and drinks milk, or lives in the green house and drinks cocoa. The Victorian who drives a VW and owns a crocodile lives in the other house that the Queenslander does not inhabit.

Fun puzzle!
 
In Russia there is a saying, "Let the horse think (it has a big head)". In that spirit, I wrote a Prolog program similar to this one. I've got a different answer.

[sp]h(yellow, west, devil, _G130, ford)
h(blue, nsw, platipus, eggnog, chevrolet)
h(red, tasmania, crocodile, milk, oldsmobile)
h(ivory, queensland, wombat, juice, mercedes)
h(green, victoria, coala, cocoa, vw)[/sp]
 
Ach! I think I messed up on my logic somewhere. #6 is not satisfied by my table. a la GPS: "Recomputing."
 
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