Hi from Charli!

I hope you enjoyed reading about me in Spud & Charli. Bats, like all animals, are important for our environment and I loved being in a book with them. Unlike koalas, who are so cuddly and cute that everybody loves them, bats are creepy. Like me, many people make decisions about bats without knowing much about them.

When I found a dead bat in Spud’s water trough, I leapt to conclusions about Spud being infected with Hendra virus. What with the dead bat, and overhearing Mr Shearer say ‘shoot them … kill them’, my imagination really ran wild. I made some hasty decisions that could have turned out a lot worse than they did, showing me just how dangerous it can be to believe in rumours.

Before you take action in any situation, it’s important that you know the facts so that you can make an informed choice about what to do.

In this section you’ll find some interesting information that I wished I’d known at camp.