Dammit I thought I was going to get away with it this year, with all the rain keeping the Grass pollen North, now it's on with a vegence. Off to Tas today see if it's different over there.

Anyone else suffering, I might give that vaseline under the nostrils a go and see if I can take less bleeding tablets.

I get hayfever REALLY bad in the UK. And I mean eyes fully puff up so you can hardly see out of them and can hardly breath bad!

However I am only allergic to two types of pollen. The horse chesnut tree and those white flower candles you see every May in the UK and rapeseed, those massive fields of yellow that you also get around the same time as tree pollen.

April to early June in the UK is hell on earth for me and I have to med up all the time. http://www.healthwise-clinic.com/nat...and-hay-fever/

Here I don't need to use any meds at all, much better

I think Melbourne is one of the worst places in the World for Hayfever, I read that somewhere. I didn't know that I had hayfever back in the UK, but looking back I reckon I did, but not bad enough to warrant meds... Unless It's / I've change.

Wonder if Sydney would be better for me as well ? Not thought of Sydney as a hayfever respite place before... Could be I guess.

Sydney is surrounded by eucalyptus forests, which I have no issue with. Canola (rapeseed) is thousands of miles away in the agricultural belt.

There are a few Euro trees here but nothing like the UK.

Also in summer here the dominant wind direction is an easterly onshore wind which is very good.

Much better here than rural North Yorkshire for me.

Same here.I used to get it really bad in the Uk.Couldn't be in the car with the sunroof open.Here it is very mild.Had a bit last night but not enough to take meds.The flowering jasmine sets it off.

It hasn't been too bad in Victoria yet. There haven't been enough warm northerly wind days and the rye grass hasn't had a chance to flower yet. It will get worse towards the end of this month and December.

There is a lot of canola all around Melbourne and Victoria in general. There has been a massive increase in recent years. It is usually finished flowering by October though. The flowers have quite a strong fragrance but I have never heard of people getting a reaction to them.

There are a lot of Northern Hemisphere trees planted in gardens, parks and as street trees in southern and central Victoria and right through the North east of the state. We have a lot of chestnut trees planted around here with some hobby farms with small plantations of them. I've never noticed a problem with pollen from the flowers.

The worst for me is the Plane trees in Melbourne. The fibres from the fruiting 'balls' blow across the streets and pavement in the wind and blow straight into your lungs. You are basically choking for the next half an hour. I hate them.

London has masses of Plane trees, I cant recall them being a problem for me whilst growing up there.

Different things affect different people though.... I definitely never had Asthma in the UK and I get that bad at peak hayfever time here.

Different pollen can affect people in different ways depending on how the body deals with them.

I could be in a field of grass releasing all of its pollen and I might get a couple of sneezes but no more than that.

Stand me next to some flowering horse chesnuts and I will start coughing, wheezing and my eyes will start watering and get very sore.

I never had hayfever in the UK beyond the first week of June.

Here in Perth, it's wattle that sets me off. Which is a shame because I love it. There is a saving grace though - every time I say 'wattle' the scouser looks at me as though I have two heads - "it's not 'wattle', Posh, it's 'wo'lle'"
Funny bugger

Never had hay fever in the UK, but have been getting it here in Perth for a few years now. Have to use a nasal spray night and morning and have been taking Claratyne for a few days now. Feel constantly blocked up. Have heard quite a few people suffering badly over the last couple of weeks. It's often blamed on the wildflower season.

Hubby used to be real bad with hay fever... That was until his brother told him about horseradish & garlic tablets, plus multivitamins, you have to start taking them in September though. Been doing this for five years now and have yet to need any antihistamines during these years!

Perhaps I'll try that next September, thanks for the tip.

I got away with no hayfever for the first 4 years here in Australia after suffering badly in the UK, but now have developed allergies to Aussie trees/plants.

I find if I use the beconase nasal spray and the otrivine eye drops as soon as I get up then I'm fine and don't need the tablets.
The tablets, even the non drowsy ones seem to knock me out come 7pm, this severely interrupts my fun so tablets are to be avoided at all costs

this is the worst hayfever in wa i've had in 7yrs - i hate the winds from inland

My husband was brought up on antihistamines so for him it's way of life, didn't want to try anything that didn't make sense. But given it was his brother, he decided to try, hasn't looked back since! He used to do antihistamines, VENTOLIN and eye drops, the most he has needed in last years is few days of eye drops, nothing else.