Oh, and get a bloody great big fan (electric rather than punkawalla), mossies hate wind (which is why I tend not to have a problem )

Ooh er - and there was me thinking I might be being overly paranoid

Seriously though, cheers for all the info - plenty to think about and at least I will come prepared - the bee suit is gonna be my first port of call I think!!

About the ants - I did notice loads around the pool area of our apartment in Mooloolaba. God they were a bit vicious !

Love this site which has been a great help already and look forward to sharing my (long) application process with others in the same boat!

My Son was having a nightmare with mozzies and sand flies. Getting bit constantly, what a mess his legs were in. I started him in Garlic capsules and he has not been bitten since.
I also burn those coils, they seem to do the job better than any other thing I have tried.
Shabee
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I have never had a problem with mozzies, I am sure I get bitten but never feel it and certainly have no reaction whatsoever. I am only aware of being bitten once when a friend flicked one off my arm.

Unfortunately my poor wife would suffer from 30 or 40 bite marks (big red lumps) if sitting outside and spend days itching from them.

IMO the ants are the worst, they get everywhere and have a tendency to inject very painful formic acid.

I think I have seen about 2 redbacks in 6 years (though I know they are everywhere). I have seen only two live snakes (pythons) and they arent the scary once you have your first encounter.

My wife, like many poms, was very frightened about all the bugs etc. She still prefers me to move the big spiders outside and to kill the cockroaches but she isn't bothered about insects very much anymore. You get over it very quickly.

Coincidence or what?

Just found a White tailed spider on the back porch....it had been there a day or two and we had ignored it.

This thread prompted me to take a closer look

G

Dont worry about the bugs. One of the things I love about brisbane (I live in the CBD) is that even in the urban environment you will see lizards etc. It's cool, and certainly reminds you you are not in the UK!
We were at the rugby league world cup final the other week and the security guards found it hilarious that we were jumping out our seats when big moths were hitting us etc.
I've never had a spider in my flat or a beetle. You wont see them often.

You might not see a lot of spiders or beetles in a CBD unit but you will everywhere else in Brisbane

Good point. Hadn't thought that one through!

Just use some spray on or roll-on insect repellant... I used to get bitten really badly, now I never do. I don't believe all that garbage about being poisoned b y it.

cheers

The tricky bit is catching the insects before rolling the repellant on them

but you will see more snakes

built up areas have a higher population of rats n mice which is the snakes basic food group

Yea we saw a big snake on the boardwalk round the river the other day at kangaroo point.

I had enough of mozzies every time i went & sat out side they got me, i had a dream of family meals out side maybe a pool table & spar in the patio area but mozzies just spoiled the party, not to be beaten i spent quite a few $$$$ & got all the patio area inclosed we now sit out side all the time, a few ants have made there way in but thats about it, made living in qld totaly different seems to keep everything out of the house aswell, only down side, when your friends & family can sit out side at dusk & not get bit they dont go away one of them has even brought his own chair.

Were in Springfield, the mozzies can be a real pain in the ass at dusk!, and its getting dark here at 6.15pm!!!, but other than that the wildlife is amazing!......Seen no snakes yet, but some pretty intimidating spiders, on the plus side the lizards, water dragons and skinks are great, even had a preying mantis type thing on the eve of our house at the weekend!, and the birds are lovely too. Im sure they are all around us but we are quite open and grassy and its all new where we are, but even though we had pretty much the same thoughts before we arrived, we just live with it all now and love it all.......its true that the ants are a pain too though!