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Lockdown and wildlife

Yes - you definitely wouldn't be wanting to do that here. I have been bitten by a red back many years ago and it was agony. Fortunately only winged me apparently so that's all good. Funnel web and that would have been bad.

Last week I went into the garage with my nephew and lo and behold snake. He said that he recognised it (they have snake and spider recognition as compulsory training for all kids in early school) and said it was an eastern brown. This would be EXCEPTIONALLY bad so out came the snake catcher. Turns out false alarm and it was a copper eyed whip snake (I think). As the bloke jovially said, it's still highly venomous, but it wouldn't kill you. Oh that's okay then.
 
Also EVERY time I do yard work I seem to encounter bull ants. Their bites are really painful and you definitely don't want one going up your trousers.
 
Paddingtonwolf said:
Yes - you definitely wouldn't be wanting to do that here. I have been bitten by a red back many years ago and it was agony. Fortunately only winged me apparently so that's all good. Funnel web and that would have been bad.

Last week I went into the garage with my nephew and lo and behold snake. He said that he recognised it (they have snake and spider recognition as compulsory training for all kids in early school) and said it was an eastern brown. This would be EXCEPTIONALLY bad so out came the snake catcher. Turns out false alarm and it was a copper eyed whip snake (I think). As the bloke jovially said, it's still highly venomous, but it wouldn't kill you. Oh that's okay then.
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Yep turn your shoes over and give them a good shake before you put them on before you wear them., especially if left outside or in the shed/garage, etc. Don't be diving into leaves, grass cuttings, etc without decent gloves on...
 
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I read Bill Bryson`s Down Under and, promptly, crossed Australia off my "to do" list.
 
Loki said:
I read Bill Bryson`s Down Under and, promptly, crossed Australia off my "to do" list.
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You can carry out various daily procedures/rituals to help reduce the risk and it becimes tge 'way of life'. The mozzies are the worst for me. I get a bad reaction so antihistamine is a must for starters. There's plenty of mozzie repellent products out there, but they're all ducking useless.

I once did get bitten by a leech in Oz!
 
Well, my post was a bit o a fib. I have landed in Oz on route to N.Z. , but never left the airport so doesn`t really count.
 
Well 26 Jan is Straya Day (or invasion day if you're first nations and Torre Straits islanders) and the nation will be indulging in such activities as;

Yabby racing
Thong throwing
Lamington-eating comps
Roach or toad racing
Best dressed Bogan

All this whilst listening to "You're the voice" on loop...
 
What they will definitely be doing is melting. It is like a bloody furnace out there
 
We had a doozy of a storm last night. Little bit of build up over the range again today. A gently toasting 38 degrees today so the barbie is going to be an evening one.

Apparently it is pushing 49 degrees in Adelaide which is just infernal.
 
Cool and cloudy all day in Sydney, has been a nice day actually. Yesterday's 38 was too much.
 
We have two main offices globally - one in Chicago (feels like was -45 on the weekend) and Adelaide. I'm quite happy with UK weather for once.
 
Another good storm rolling in. You can pretty much rely on four a week in this part of Queensland in January.
 
A couple of random ones here but anyway…

Happened to have two badgers run out right in front of me while cycling home from the boozer the other night. Never seen even one before (aside of dead at the side of the road of course) and thought that was pretty cool. Was surprised just how quick they could shift tbh.

Yesterday for a very short while early afternoon it was quite warm and sunny (pissing down and cold again now) and noticed the birds were really giving it some. Did a Merlin recording of about 5-10 minutes and picked up: Magpie, Parakeet, Goldcrest, Song Thrush, Great Tit, Collared Dove, Blackbird, Robin, Wood Pidgeon, Black Cap, Carrion Crow, Sparrow, Jackdaw. Highlighted on the list as ‘Bird of the day’ was ‘Rock Pidgeon’ - I googled it and not sure that can be right but I’ll leave that one to the twitchers. Anyway, felt like spring for a very fleeting moment and was lovely to hear.

Then randomly walking the dog later, chatted to a lovely lady with a couple of small friendly dogs and the stick I thought one of them had in its mouth was the fresh leg of a deer. No chance those dogs would’ve been capable taking a deer down and the lady said the dog just came out of the woods onto the path carrying it. I don’t know about these things and didn’t think deer had any natural predators in the U.K. and maybe it in fact just died of natural causes, but that was another first although unlike the badgers not a particularly nice one.
 
A lot of deer will be dying off naturally around this time of year, old and young. Also, it might not have been that particular dog but there are loads of pet dogs big enough to take down a deer (depending on the species of deer) in the UK. One of my childhood dogs was a Deerhound cross Lurcher and he took down a few.
 
I've twice been charged by a badger, they are proper nippy...
 
Yeah same, see them quite often when I am out early in the morning. They look like vicious fuckers
 
Since lockdown seen a few badgers round by my parents. as well as quick, surprised at how big they can be.
On deer, Kinver edge is a great place for them. A few years ago, was walking around kinver edge, and a shower came. So I stood under a tree for shelter waiting for it to pass. Whilst there, being quiet, a deer wandered out of the foliage, and just stood right next to me for a few minutes (probably thinking WTF!), and then wandered off into other foliage. Was a mental moment.
 
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