This is enought to make me batty. Seriously there must be ways and means that would make lifes so uncomfortable for these bats that they would simply move on to somewhere else.

leave the flying foxes be.

The Christmas lights in Burdekin Park were a highlight of my childhood. It just won't be the same without them.

chop down the trees

thinkitthrough - The bats have lost their habitat due to mining and agriculture. That's why they've moved into Burdekin Park. The Grey-Headed Flying Fox is listed as Vulnerable fauna. What would you do? Chop down the trees and then having them move to people's backyards? Is there no place left in our valley for these creatures? They are wonderful seed scatterers. I hear them squabbling in my trees at night. It's a good laugh, but I don't have them in the concentration they have at Burdekin..

Why not get some of those busking hopefuls that choke up Peel Street in Tamworth every year to chase them out with their (not so) talented wailing, yodeliing, saw-playing, caterwauling and strumming on out of tune guitars. Locals may have to leave town for a time though but in the mid-long term the benefits would outweigh a temporary inconvenience(but ....what if the buskers don't move on - oh No!)

I heard the Flying Foxes discussing how they were forced to go into an area where humans were, as they had cut down the ff homes and food source, the trees. They thought that humans wanted wild visitors as they had cut down so many of the flying foxes homes to build and make holes in the ground. The ff are far too polite to mention the noise that humans make whilst they are trying to sleep and the mess they leave behind when they visit any natural habitat to clear it. They also didn't talk about how humans take away other creatures’ food sources to create their own and then get upset when the ff visit. Having noticed how few trees are left they come to visit to help re-pollinate destroyed areas as they fly ever increasing distances to seek food each night. The ff are saddened by the selfishness of some in Singleton and would like a round tree discussion. The ff would not expect humans to hang upside down and learn to fly like them as they are only mammal that can fly naturally. They want to live in harmony if their habitat and food source was replaced this could happen. Discussion is unlikely as Singleton has never wanted to share although it keeps destroying habitat.