What if you lived in Australia? - Page 142

Lord Of The Sith · March 3rd, 2014, 03:39 PM

Australia looks beautiful to me, Anywhere you live, you will find something dangerous. For instance I live in Arizona and this what I have to contend with.

A variety of rattle snakes which are highly poisonous. Gila Monsters and Mexican beaded lizards also highly poisonous. Coyotes, bears and mountain lions. Scorpions, same as rattle snakes. Killer bees. Poisonous plants. Black widow and brown recluse spiders. Dust storms, rain storms and lightning storms which make being outside or driving hazardous. Illegal aliens, gun and drug smugglers and worst of all in the Tucson area left wing liberals.

My point is you are always in danger from something, just act accordingly.

**Sir Honkers** · March 3rd, 2014, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Of The Sith

Australia looks beautiful to me,

Except for the flies. the tourist brochures never mention the bloody flies.

~~rodak~~ · March 3rd, 2014, 10:40 PM

I would proceed Immediately to Tasmania to track this guy down.

For those who may not be in the know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine

**deepsepia** · March 5th, 2014, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by loosegoose

Except for the flies. the tourist brochures never mention the bloody flies.

I wore a fly hood when they got bad. Its a really cheap way to keep your sanity . . . maybe we were lucky, but only a few places out west were really bad, a bit north of Geraldton.

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Originally Posted by rodak

I would proceed Immediately to Tasmania to track this guy down.

Have a drink in Mole Creek Hotel & Tassie Tiger Bar while you're at it . . . the publican is more than happy to tell you that they're out there, and to pour you beer; you may not have much luck with the Tiger, but the beer is definitely real

http://www.molecreekhotel.com/

**blondifan** · March 5th, 2014, 10:40 AM

If there are any Thylacines left, odds are they are in some remote area of Tasmania's West Coast wilderness.
As recently as the seventies, large south western areas were unmapped.

Very inhospitable area. Very wet. Lots of Horizontal Scrub, March flies (they bite), leeches and god knows what else.

Hikarufan · March 5th, 2014, 12:35 PM

We had a near fly free summer in these parts of Australia. I think it was too hot for them but now they are everywhere!

**deepsepia** · March 10th, 2014, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by blondifan

If there are any Thylacines left, odds are they are in some remote area of Tasmania's West Coast wilderness.
As recently as the seventies, large south western areas were unmapped.

Very inhospitable area. Very wet. Lots of Horizontal Scrub, March flies (they bite), leeches and god knows what else.

March Flies -- (in American, "horse flies") -- nasty. You know what they do? They don't have a mouth that can suck blood like a mosquito, they slash you, and then lap up the blood that pools. Basically, they stab you . . .

**palo5** · March 10th, 2014, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by deepsepia

March Flies -- (in American, "horse flies") -- nasty. You know what they do? They don't have a mouth that can suck blood like a mosquito, they slash you, and then lap up the blood that pools. Basically, they stab you . . .

hmmm... do you get these things in AUS? The word for them here is "deer fly", and they arrive mostly after the mosquitos die, some time in August

You only get them in forests

noanalsvp · March 10th, 2014, 03:38 AM

deerflies are bad to be sure. but the worst part if I (suddenly) lived in Australia is that it would be the fall and I would be facing another winter! I don't know how cold it gets down under, but it has been too cold for my taste lately.

**deepsepia** · March 10th, 2014, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by palo5

hmmm... do you get these things in AUS? The word for them here is "deer fly", and they arrive mostly after the mosquitos die, some time in August

You only get them in forests

I looked them up -- certainly familiar with the term "deer fly", but I can't say that I've ever seen one.

They have amazing eyes.

Horse and Deer Flies are Tabanids

Code:

http://wiki.bugwood.org/Brachycera_1

found world wide, I think . . .

Oz has plenty of unique critter-- particularly among the ants where stuff that's been extinct everywhere else for a long time, primitive ants that are barely distinct from wasps have survived.

March 3rd, 2014, 03:39 PM	#1411
Lord Of The Sith Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 417 Thanks: 379 Thanked 3,180 Times in 398 Posts	Australia looks beautiful to me, Anywhere you live, you will find something dangerous. For instance I live in Arizona and this what I have to contend with. A variety of rattle snakes which are highly poisonous. Gila Monsters and Mexican beaded lizards also highly poisonous. Coyotes, bears and mountain lions. Scorpions, same as rattle snakes. Killer bees. Poisonous plants. Black widow and brown recluse spiders. Dust storms, rain storms and lightning storms which make being outside or driving hazardous. Illegal aliens, gun and drug smugglers and worst of all in the Tucson area left wing liberals. My point is you are always in danger from something, just act accordingly. __________________ Our perception defines our reality

March 5th, 2014, 10:40 AM	#1415
blondifan Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,406 Thanks: 55,000 Thanked 60,211 Times in 4,401 Posts	Wet Coast wilderness (not a typo, more a description) If there are any Thylacines left, odds are they are in some remote area of Tasmania's West Coast wilderness. As recently as the seventies, large south western areas were unmapped. Very inhospitable area. Very wet. Lots of Horizontal Scrub, March flies (they bite), leeches and god knows what else.

March 3rd, 2014, 10:40 PM	#1413
~~rodak~~ Banned! Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 14,568 Thanks: 16,750 Thanked 271,165 Times in 15,267 Posts	I would proceed Immediately to Tasmania to track this guy down. For those who may not be in the know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine

March 5th, 2014, 12:35 PM	#1416
Hikarufan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Down under Posts: 399 Thanks: 68 Thanked 4,200 Times in 395 Posts	We had a near fly free summer in these parts of Australia. I think it was too hot for them but now they are everywhere!

March 10th, 2014, 03:38 AM	#1419
noanalsvp Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: CT USA Posts: 23 Thanks: 55 Thanked 181 Times in 19 Posts	deerflies are bad to be sure. but the worst part if I (suddenly) lived in Australia is that it would be the fall and I would be facing another winter! I don't know how cold it gets down under, but it has been too cold for my taste lately.