‘Distressed’ homeowners left unable to sleep after developer builds massive 1.8-metre ‘Great Wall’ – only for kangaroos to keep crashing into it at night
- Wallabies smash into a new fence
- The fence is causing chaos with locals
- Area is home to 40 kangaroos and wallabies
A new 1.8 metre fence is causing chaos in Queensland after wallabies and kangaroos began crashing into it overnight.
The temporary fence, which will be replaced by a permanent one, was set-up around 500m down the the picturesque Grandview Lane in Coolum, Queensland.
However, it infuriated locals and left the wallaby population ‘agitated and confused’.
Footage shows a wallaby attempting to smash through the wall in distressing scenes.
In another clip, a wallaby hops along the boundary line trying to get in.
Footage shows a wallaby attempting to smash through the wall in distressing scenes
In another clip, a wallaby hops along the boundary line trying to get in
Locals say the situation has left them ‘distressed’ and unable to sleep.
Opponents are demanding that the fence is brought down and the development stopped.
Sean Simmons, an opponent of the project, estimates the area is home to 40 kangaroos and wallabies.
He told Yahoo News that the wallabies are ‘very visible and very audible’.
‘They’re just bashing into it and running along it… you can’t see and hear those things without feeling distressed,’ he said.
‘There are 40 plus kangaroos that are looking pretty doomed by this because they’re going to be hemmed in by a fence. What happens to them next is anyone’s guess.’
Sean Simmons, an opponent of the project, estimates the area is home to 40 kangaroos and wallabies
Opponents are demanding that the fence is brought down and the development stopped
The development is on some areas of bushland, with fences separating these parts from residential areas.
However, there are fears that the fencing will seriously harm local animals.
Architect Dale Fisher, whose firm Grandview Horizons is behind the subdivision, said: ‘No wildlife should be affected through the process.’
He also insisted the wallabies and kangaroos in the areas would be dispersed, though he said the problem was out of his expertise.
The fence has now been clad in shade cloth and wallabies are understood to have ceased crashing into it since the video was filmed.
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