When Wayne and his wife first bought their home they knew it backed onto a flying fox camp, but it wasn't long before they realised the extent of the noise and mess.
they knew it backed onto a flying fox camp, but were keen to live by the nature reserve, despite the noise and smell.
Its Kooloonbung Creek Flying Fox Camp Management Plan offers subsidies for electricity, water bills and other items like clothes dryers, air conditioning units and even carports. "I don't notice the noise [now] during the day until someone mentions it — unless there's a loud screech from one of the males fighting over his girlfriend," he said.The flying fox population in the camp is expected to reach 20,000 in the coming months after dwindling to just under 6,000 last year but is slowly recovering after the drought.
"It's difficult to live next to a flying fox camp, there's no question about that," said council ecologist Byron Reynolds. "They're really important for koala habitat to ensure that pollination for all their food trees is occurring over large distances not just locally," he said.While double glazing on his windows has helped, Wayne said the flying fox droppings were now a problem he's seeking help with under the management plan.
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