An Australian family who once built their life around sheep farming on a remote island are now helping give the same place a completely different future. Peter and Pamela Woolford took over Flinders Island off South Australia's Eyre Peninsula and raised their family there while running a Merino sheep station. Nearly five decades later, the island is at the centre of a $4.8 million conservation project backed by the Australian and South Australian governments. The project is removing livestock and targeting invasive cats, rats and mice to prepare the island for threatened wildlife. The Woolfords are working alongside government agencies and conservation experts while retaining ownership of the island. If the eradication effort is formally confirmed in 2027, endangered mammals could eventually be reintroduced to the island, creating a long-term wildlife refuge.
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