Flies and stuff
In Sydney there were alot of flies, but after awhile you sorta get use to them.. what are the flying insects like in other parts of Oz?
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Re: Flies and stuff
Alright I guess. I don't take a lot of notice so I guess they're not too bad:D Even in places where it is bad, it's only like that for a month or so. It's not a year round problem as far as I'm aware
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Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by Jessy69
(Post 5687156)
In Sydney there were alot of flies, but after awhile you sorta get use to them.. what are the flying insects like in other parts of Oz?
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Re: Flies and stuff
sorry...
I've heard that flies are worse this year (can't say I've noticed) in Brisbane because of the drought. Apparently there's a bug that eats fly eggs (larvae??) and its population has dwindled through lack of water. J |
Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by moneypen20
(Post 5687178)
Alright I guess. I don't take a lot of notice so I guess they're not too bad:D Even in places where it is bad, it's only like that for a month or so. It's not a year round problem as far as I'm aware
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Re: Flies and stuff
Perth is renown for having a flies problem but it is really only an issue for about 6 weeks around November. Apparently they live on animal dung inland and are blown in with an easterly wind. The dung beetle breeding season is a few weeks behind but once they hatch they eat dung and there are less flies. With the heat of mid-summer we tend to get strong breezes (the Fremantle Doctor) from off the sea as the land heats up during the day which is in the opposite direction and so helps keep them away.
You just get used to them and do the "Australian Salute" to swish them away. |
Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by worzel
(Post 5687194)
Perth is renown for having a flies problem but it is really only an issue for about 6 weeks around November. Apparently they live on animal dung inland and are blown in with an easterly wind. The dung beetle breeding season is a few weeks behind but once they hatch they eat dung and there are less flies. With the heat of mid-summer we tend to get strong breezes (the Fremantle Doctor) from off the sea as the land heats up during the day which is in the opposite direction and so helps keep them away.
You just get used to them and do the "Australian Salute" to swish them away. |
Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by paul30
(Post 5687189)
think there's someone who may disagree with you there
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Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by Jessy69
(Post 5687156)
In Sydney there were alot of flies, but after awhile you sorta get use to them.. what are the flying insects like in other parts of Oz?
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Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by Jessy69
(Post 5687208)
Thanks. Cork bobbed hat it is then.
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The flies in Brissie seem worse than they were last year - current theory is because of early spring storms that blew a lot of them in from the interior.
I was in Melbourne last week, though, and they are REALLY bad there. Lot's of people running round the streets looking like they are waving semaphore at each other... |
Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by Budgie
(Post 5687259)
The flies in Brissie seem worse than they were last year - current theory is because of early spring storms that blew a lot of them in from the interior.
I was in Melbourne last week, though, and they are REALLY bad there. Lot's of people running round the streets looking like they are waving semaphore at each other... |
Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by ianandhelena
(Post 5687400)
No problem here in Hobart.
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Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by worzel
(Post 5687424)
But what about the polar bears?:lol:
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Re: Flies and stuff
Originally Posted by moneypen20
(Post 5687178)
Alright I guess. I don't take a lot of notice so I guess they're not too bad:D Even in places where it is bad, it's only like that for a month or so. It's not a year round problem as far as I'm aware
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