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-   The Barbie (https://britishexpats.com/forum/barbie-92/)
-   -   Is Australia Overrated? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/barbie-92/australia-overrated-746191/)

northernbird Feb 1st 2012 11:19 am
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by Cheetah7 (Post 9877541)
Are fire ants like bull ants? I was bitten by a bull ant and it hurt so much.:ohmy:
When we toured Florida when my eldest was about 5 we were on our way from Miami to Key West and we had to stop for a toilet break at the side of the road. As my daughter was having a wee, we didn't realised we had stood on a nest of fire ants and they decided to have a right go at my ankle. I have never ever been in so much pain in my life. Truly horrific.

chris955 Feb 1st 2012 12:49 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Who stole my letters :D

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 9877556)
Fire ants are tiny but have a far worse bite than a bull ant and tend to bite on mass.

roaringmouse Feb 1st 2012 1:49 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 9877556)
Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 9879278)
Who stole my letters :D
Fire ants are tiny but have a far worse bite than a bull ant and tend to bite on mass.
Funnier if the 'm' would have been missing!

Cheetah7 Feb 1st 2012 1:49 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by northernbird (Post 9879173)
When we toured Florida when my eldest was about 5 we were on our way from Miami to Key West and we had to stop for a toilet break at the side of the road. As my daughter was having a wee, we didn't realised we had stood on a nest of fire ants and they decided to have a right go at my ankle. I have never ever been in so much pain in my life. Truly horrific.
I remember seeing signs in QLD for fire ants and didnt think anything of it. Do we get the in WA?

I have heard of jumping ants as well, we have bull ants in our garden - massive they are. When we went to York caravan site, we were warned about 'meat ants' - I thought they were the same as bull ants, but bloody hell they were huge and you couldnt walk on the road, if you looked carefully the road was swarming with them and one of them bit Rocky and boy did he scream.

Kim67 Feb 2nd 2012 7:22 am
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by Cheetah7 (Post 9879348)
I remember seeing signs in QLD for fire ants and didnt think anything of it. Do we get the in WA?

I have heard of jumping ants as well, we have bull ants in our garden - massive they are. When we went to York caravan site, we were warned about 'meat ants' - I thought they were the same as bull ants, but bloody hell they were huge and you couldnt walk on the road, if you looked carefully the road was swarming with them and one of them bit Rocky and boy did he scream.
No fire ants were introduced to Queensland via an overseas container about ten years or so ago. They were bad for a while but they had them under control pretty quickly.

chris955 Feb 2nd 2012 9:58 am
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Unfortunately they are far from under control and new colonies are being discovered all the time. The media hysteria seems to have died down but they are still a major problem, a few months ago something like 18 colonies were discovered in Ipswich alone. As other countries have found they are extremely difficult to eradicate once they take hold.

Cheetah7 Feb 2nd 2012 2:54 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 9881102)
Unfortunately they are far from under control and new colonies are being discovered all the time. The media hysteria seems to have died down but they are still a major problem, a few months ago something like 18 colonies were discovered in Ipswich alone. As other countries have found they are extremely difficult to eradicate once they take hold.
Right, lets put Jumping ants, bull ants, meat ants (if they exist) and fire ants in a ring.

Who would win?:sneaky:

I have heard that meat ants can demolish a cane toad pretty quickly.

chris955 Feb 2nd 2012 4:39 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Mortein.

Originally Posted by Cheetah7 (Post 9881391)
Right, lets put Jumping ants, bull ants, meat ants (if they exist) and fire ants in a ring.

Who would win?:sneaky:

I have heard that meat ants can demolish a cane toad pretty quickly.

Dreamy Feb 2nd 2012 6:40 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 9881447)
Mortein.
Wasn't he the lead singer with A-Ha?

(ok.. I'll get my own coat)

Wendy Feb 2nd 2012 6:57 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by Dreamy (Post 9881545)
Wasn't he the lead singer with A-Ha?

(ok.. I'll get my own coat)
:sneaky:

Leave my fella alone! :p

Cheetah7 Feb 2nd 2012 10:19 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by Dreamy (Post 9881545)
Wasn't he the lead singer with A-Ha?

(ok.. I'll get my own coat)
:rofl::p

Pollyana Feb 3rd 2012 12:13 am
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 9881563)
:sneaky:

Leave my fella alone! :p
Thought you'd replaced him with Bernie :D

Wendy Feb 3rd 2012 11:56 am
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9881930)
Thought you'd replaced him with Bernie :D
Morten can't be replaced I'm afraid. He is my first love and takes priority over everyone else! :D

Cheetah7 Feb 3rd 2012 11:59 am
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 9882874)
Morten can't be replaced I'm afraid. He is my first love and takes priority over everyone else! :D
I must say Wendy, you have been exceptionally loyal to Morten over the years on BE, you deserve to be first in line to sniff his pants:sneaky:

Admittedly he has aged rather well.:o

Wendy Feb 3rd 2012 12:03 pm
Re: Is Australia Overrated?
 
Originally Posted by Cheetah7 (Post 9882877)
I must say Wendy, you have been exceptionally loyal to Morten over the years on BE, you deserve to be first in line to sniff his pants:sneaky:

Admittedly he has aged rather well.:o
I am very loyal to the God that is Morten :nod: Have loved him since I was 13 :D

He is just so gorgeous :wub:


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