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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 15 Sep 2024, 15:41
by StMarks
kiwikrasher wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 08:49
It’s not all sharks, snakes and crocodiles..
Didn’t see any on todays bush walk
IMG..

But I'll bet there's quite a few spiders in that shot ?

Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 15 Sep 2024, 15:56
by D41
kiwikrasher wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 08:49
It’s not all sharks, snakes and crocodiles..
Didn’t see any on todays bush walk
IMG_5849.jpeg
That's an epic sky.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 17 Sep 2024, 01:20
by kiwikrasher
StMarks wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 15:41
kiwikrasher wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 08:49
It’s not all sharks, snakes and crocodiles..
Didn’t see any on todays bush walk
IMG..

But I'll bet there's quite a few spiders in that shot ?
I did walk through a number of webs being early morning. No hitchhikers that I noticed.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 17 Sep 2024, 08:26
by StMarks
kiwikrasher wrote: ↑17 Sep 2024, 01:20
I did walk through a number of webs being early morning. No hitchhikers that I noticed.

Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 29 Sep 2024, 18:40
by D6Nutz
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Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 26 Nov 2024, 09:30
by kiwikrasher
And this isn’t much of an exaggeration tbh… mosquitoes here are the bane of my life!!!
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 26 Nov 2024, 10:17
by Kwacky
Make a small pond/water tub in your garden. The mozzies will use that for breeding. Put some fish in it, let the fish eat the larvae.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 27 Nov 2024, 01:17
by kiwikrasher
Kwacky wrote: ↑26 Nov 2024, 10:17
Make a small pond/water tub in your garden. The mozzies will use that for breeding. Put some fish in it, let the fish eat the larvae.
The problem is up here on the mountain is we don’t have town water supply. So everyone has water tanks and lots don’t keep them covered/sealed so we’ll never get on top of the mozzie issue here. We even get them in the middle of winter to some degree. Also in summer we get the semi tropical storms that have 50-60mm down pours, which leaves lots of standing water for a few days and hot humid condition's.
Never going to prevent them, I focus on preventing them getting inside.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 15 Dec 2024, 10:40
by kiwikrasher
Today at mine was only 34°C, but next 2 days are the same and then a 38°C day on Wednesday
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 15 Dec 2024, 11:03
by Kwacky
That's pretty warm
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 15 Dec 2024, 12:47
by C00kiemonster
Too feckin warm imo.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 15 Dec 2024, 20:29
by D41
What's the humidity like?
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 17 Dec 2024, 01:19
by kiwikrasher
D41 wrote: ↑15 Dec 2024, 20:29
What's the humidity like?
It’s been up around 70-80% lately which is unusual for here, generally a dry heat.
Today is forecast for 38°C (currently 34 and still not lunchtime ) and the humidity is only 37% atm.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 19 Dec 2024, 12:19
by Monty
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 17 Feb 2025, 09:58
by Stonesie
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 17 Feb 2025, 17:04
by D41
Looks like the wasp is dragging away an alien facehugger.
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 10 Mar 2025, 00:26
by Stonesie
Caution for the easily offended, authentic Australian language...
https://youtube.com/shorts/vy3rncs8DsY? ... FBweWTi8Dl
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 10 Mar 2025, 08:29
by Kwacky
Great name for a spider
Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 10 Mar 2025, 10:07
by StMarks
Kwacky wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 08:29
Great name for a spider
Says Kwacky, as he goes onto spidersbypost.com to order one for his vivarium...

Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Posted: 13 Mar 2025, 05:40
by kiwikrasher
Kwacky wrote: ↑10 Mar 2025, 08:29
Great name for a spider
We get heaps of them where I am, just fished one out of pool!
They like you to catch them if you can do so safely, and take them to a collection site so they can be milked to create anti venom.
I just decapitate them with the spade.