A fifth of the country's population of large bats is descending en masse on Batemans Bay, repeatedly knocking out electricity and robbing locals of sleep Batemans Bay is a picturesque coastal town known as a tourist destination on the south coast of New South Wales. But tens of thousands of visitors of another kind have more than outstayed their welcome -- large bats. The houses are covered in guano and those who venture outside soon feel a disgusting "sprinkle of something".
'It smells so bad you can taste it': bats plague Australian tourist town
The Guardian - 11 Jun 2016 05:28
A fifth of the country's population of large bats is descending en masse on Batemans Bay, repeatedly knocking out electricity and robbing locals of sleep Batemans Bay is a picturesque coastal town known as a tourist destination on the south coast of New South Wales. But tens of thousands of visitors of another kind have more than outstayed their welcome -- large bats. The houses are covered in guano and those who venture outside soon feel a disgusting "sprinkle of something".
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