The flies
 

Is there anywhere in Australia where there are few flies?

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Relatively few here - it's too cold for too much of the year. We didn't put the crummy flyscreens up that were supplied with the windows and don't miss them.

Mind you, Australian flies are bloody persistent - they don't take no for an answer and find every orifice you have to crawl into/up.

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:rofl:

Unfortunately I think flies are something you just have to get used to.... thing is you always forget how bloody annoying they are until they start coming back!!!

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Robocan's are good!

I find towns less fly blown, likewise coast .... here we've got about 2000000 each but you get used to them!

Mozzies and tiny ants drive me more mad when we're in Cairns!:p

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No.

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Mawson is renowned for the year round absence of flies.

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Hardly any around here (halfway up the hill from Coogee Beach, Sydney).

We might get a week or so of annoying flies around Christmas time - but the rest of the year, none at all.

As a rule, this area of Sydney doesn't suffer from flies much. None of the houses I've lived in around here (eastern suburbs) have ever had fly screens fitted :).

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Yep, here in South Tassie we don't have a problem with them, the odd mozzies in the evening only. Just a bit cooler than the rest of Oz!

:D

Sam

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Not many here, providing you stay away from waterways but then it's not flies it's midges. I've never noticed loads of them anyway, maybe it's just my parallel world, or me being unobservant :lol:

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I've only been here (Brisbane) a couple of months, but there are far fewer flies here than we had in the UK during the summer. Altho' the few flies that I have seen were big ones which bite :eek: (as I was informed by an aussie colleague, with an evil grin on his face .. you know the grin caused by winding up an innocent UK import about all things spider, snake, shark and croc related!!!) :sneaky:

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"Garçon, le mouche dans ma soupe!"

"Non, monsieur, la mouche"

"Mon Dieu, you really have wonderful eyesight!"

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Try going for a walk a few miles out of town and then come and tell us that.

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Try going inland a bit.....you will find plenty.

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Give 'em time, the Brisbane ones are still plannin thei campaign

:rofl:

:lol::thumbup:

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It's the little black ones - possibly blow flys? That do my nut. They are attracted to sweet (I think), so just have a glass of white wine...

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You often tell me to go or do something to experience something shit? I still don't understand why :lol: I don't want to find flies, found enough of the buggers in Perth in 84 - the memory is still strong.:eek:

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I have few flies over at Centenary:confused: Plenty mossies though:sneaky:

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Im in Mackay and theres hardly any - thats the one thing the mother-in-law said was you know there is more flies there ;)

I saw more flies in the uk :rolleyes:

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Not may flies where we live. It seems to vary a lot depending on where you live. Some friends live a few suburbs away from us and they seem to get a lot more flies.

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Maybe they smell more than you do ;)

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Beware the flies...I am sitting here with my hand in a cast and sling because of THEM. Sprayed some fly spray into the air in our lounge room which has polished floor boards. It obviously settled on the floor at which stage I decided to clear up the table. Picked up a glass, slipped on my back:thumbdown: and cut two tendons in my hand:ohmy:. Had to go in for surgery on Sunday to Royal Perth Hospital. To make it worse my boyfriend has gone to the mines for the week so its just me and my little puppy here.

I know its not Perths fault however it has made me like it even less.....!!!

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Brisbane has very few flies compared to places like Perth. Semi tropical coastal climate must deter them.

I can only imagine what it is like in places like Perth during fly season as I have never experienced it living in Brisbane.

Talking about with my parents the other night and they said the flies in Perth were terrible...they must have been there at a bad time of year.

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Sydney's bad too.

Those repellents you rub on your face are useless, and you see people constantly brushing their faces to get rid of the pesky things. Sunbathing on the beach can be tiresome as they rest on your body (at least someone likes mine).

Is it my imagination that as the Summer progresses they get less prevalent.

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Go a few miles inland from Brisbane and it is vey different....they can be awful.

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Only have problems with flies in early summer and even then it's hardly a big deal. I guess it's worse in more rural areas though.

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Just looking out of the window and today is a hot one so there are loads!!

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Blow flies are not little usually - when blow flies die (afore mentioned Robocan) they spew their guts full of maggots wherever they land! Gross! [Mind you, even more gross is a friends 1 yr old who seems to like the taste of them!]

I liken those little flies to what we'd call in UK fruit flies - I think they're something else though as SA is Fruit Fly free! I know they're major nuisances when walking through lucerne - in your eyes, up your nose when you breathe etc!:ohmy:

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So it seems like it's very hit and miss across Australia with Tas being the top fly-free destination. I understand that Canberra has loads (which is where my family and I are heading to - for at least the first 2 years) :eek:.

Sorry to hear of your fall, Bailey1. No doubt the flies are having the last laugh because now you only have one hand to swot them with :ohmy:. I wish you a speedy recovery :fingerscrossed::)

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If you hate flies, you're going to get on like a house on fire with the mozzies.

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I assume you mean a few miles inland from the extremities of Brisbane's western suburbs. That's a long way from me so I'm safe on a day to day basis :)

I was south of Toowoomba last weekend and noticed some of the little buggers about but no where near as bad as being described for Perth's fly season. Have never had a problem going camping west of Brisbane in the mountains or at the dams or in towns like Esk, Gatton or the like. Assume if you drive 500km out to places like Roma they would be worse.

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I spent a couple of weeks in Aus years ago and was almost eaten alive :eek:. ...They're the most agressive mozzies that I've ever known.

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Yes. I stepped outside one night last summer for less than twenty seconds to look at the moon and returned with five ankle bites.

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I understand it improves with time - once your blood takes on a "more local" flavour :D

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Fingers crossed!

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We live in Perth, and as I wrote above, we have hardly any flies or mozzies. Perth covers a very large area. Whether you get flies and/or mozzies depends very much on where you live. :thumbup:

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I have not noticed a major fly problem this summer to be honest. We don't have many mosquitoes where I live, so no worries there. We had major issues with march flies last summer due to the late wet/cool nature of the weather but have had hardly any this year.

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Glad you're not all suffering from bad fly problem in Perth. Maybe you should publish your area so new immigrants know where in Perth to move to :)

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The flies were relatively large in number and persistant in Adelaide (just inland on the Southern Coast) Here on the Gold Coast they don't appear to be as many or as annoying. Lots of mossies and midges though...tropical strength aerogard seems to stop them.

The large biting flies are horse flies.

Jan

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Also known as March Flies - horrible little buggers!

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Plenty of the little sods where I am, 100k South of Sydney. They are just reaching the point of the year where they become a real pain. Walking the dog consists of holding the lead in one hand and pretending to be a Whirling Dervish with the other hand. Hugely persistent and attracted to your eyes, nose and ears, they really are one of the major downsides of Oz.

Mozzie bites still itch, but nothing like they did when we first arrived. There really does seem to be something in the tale of building up a bit of immunity to them over time. Taking something like Zyrtec asap after being bitten seems to help as well.