From no bats to 50,000. Why flying foxes are moving west across Australia
Flying foxes are being driven further west in search of food and shelter. Camps have been found west of Adelaide for the first time.
Jodie is features reporter drawing on 20 years in print media, using her writing and photography skills to tell the stories about people and the unique places of Eyre Peninsula.
She came to the region for a year to work at the local paper and fell in love with the people and the places, so hasn't left yet.
Flying foxes are being driven further west in search of food and shelter. Camps have been found west of Adelaide for the first time.
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