Shit! I've been bit

[kevfromcoro]

Im in Australia at the moment. live out on a lifestyle block out in the sticks a bit.
Its great.. in my spare time i fosssick about in the garden.....
There are a few creepy things ya got to watch out for....
Had a big huntsman spider run up my arm....
Big ugly things they are.....
Well the last few days days. my right arm has been itchy.... well not really itchy... just feals like a bit of sandpaper.....
had a look and there are 2 teeth marks in my wrist....
Went down to the docs.. and he reckons it was a snake bite....2 teeth marks....
Nah.. i would of seen it ... or felt it..... didnt see no snake............
Pity the poor thing that bit me.... i drink beer like a fish.
Poor cunt is probably is still wandering about in the bush.
Trying to find his way home

[Tink]

pmsl... good wee story there!

[Fatt Max]

Brilliant....pissed as a snake....good effort bro

[P38]

Lucky it wasnt one of the Eastern Browns, or a Taipan .

They are the nasty buggers.

Apparently the babies are more piosionous than the big ones.

My sons in Townsville and he's had the Snake Man out a couple of times now to remove them from his swimming pool.

[McJim]

It's stories like these that make me so please to be on this side of the Tasman. :2thumbsup

[kevfromcoro]

Nah.. dont think it was a snake.. i would of seen in it....
Just been up to townsville...
hot up there.
those taipans are nasty arse things...... and the brown. isnt a lot better......
There are a few things that nip ya in Austalia..
got to be A bit care full some times.

[<G>]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10619237

I :heart: NZ

[Iggy]

It's stories like these that make me so please to be on this side of the Tasman. :2thumbsup

oh yeah.....havent you noticed, we have white tail spiders over this side of the Tasman and you think your safe:laugh:

[FlangMasterJ]

oh yeah.....havent you noticed, we have white tail spiders over this side of the Tasman and you think your safe:laugh:

Had a guy who trains at the same gym as I do come in the other day with his elbow the size of my leg. A white tail had bitten him while he was relaxing on the couch. Fuck knows what he was doing at the gym!

I spoke to him a week later and asked how he was and said he had just gotten out of hospital after a four day stint. He said his elbow looked like a volcano. They had him on an IV.

I'm sure if had rested instead of working out he would have been better off. Just shows how nasty those little shits are.

[Mrs Cowboyz]

Im in Australia at the moment. live out on a lifestyle block out in the sticks a bit.
Its great.. in my spare time i fosssick about in the garden.....
There are a few creepy things ya got to watch out for....
Had a big huntsman spider run up my arm....
Big ugly things they are.....
Well the last few days days. my right arm has been itchy.... well not really itchy... just feals like a bit of sandpaper.....
had a look and there are 2 teeth marks in my wrist....
Went down to the docs.. and he reckons it was a snake bite....2 teeth marks....
Nah.. i would of seen it ... or felt it..... didnt see no snake............
Pity the poor thing that bit me.... i drink beer like a fish.
Poor cunt is probably is still wandering about in the bush.
Trying to find his way home
Nice little story there...so glad I live in New Zealand!


Had a guy who trains at the same gym as I do come in the other day with his elbow the size of my leg. A white tail had bitten him while he was relaxing on the couch. Fuck knows what he was doing at the gym!

I spoke to him a week later and asked how he was and said he had just gotten out of hospital after a four day stint. He said his elbow looked like a volcano. They had him on an IV.

I'm sure if had rested instead of working out he would have been better off. Just shows how nasty those little shits are.
He wasnt working out, he was relaxing on the couch! Can anybody tell me why they have couches at the gym? Seems a bit strange to me!!

[kevfromcoro]

Its not that bad really.. you sort of get used to it....

That bite is not causing me any concern, just a bit itchy.....

Woke up the other night to walk to the dunny.. and here is thing on the floor.. looked like a large bootlace....

Gave it a poke with a stick.. and was a small snake..... was very small..
but i think they are still a bit dangerous. when they are young

jumped up on the bench.. and boiled the jug.... poured the hot water over it.... he didnt like that at all..
we were doing some fencing and there was a small spider on the pales we had just ordered in..

Look at that says.. robo...... it was a redback.... and i had my nose 2 inches from it.
we donged it with a claw hammer.
Trying to put my camera on macro .. to take a pic.. dam electronic things......

Other than being biten... chased by a snake.. stung by various insects... and flushing a few cane toads in the toilet.... life is good......

Heading out the back.. for 6 weeks work.... thats going to be an adventure......

[Mrs Cowboyz]

Haha very nice...now that is a day I would prefer to live without thankyou very much!!!

[kevfromcoro]

Haha very nice...now that is a day I would prefer to live without thankyou very much!!!

some people have no sence of adventure......
got a big huntsman living down the back of my desk..
he pops out every now and then.. pokes his tongue at me . i think..
he is quite large. about the size of a box of smokes.....
hes ok.. but shit they can run.....
google huntsman.. and have a look.....
we had a big one in the shed.... about 200cm... across..
big black thing...

[scumdog]

It's stories like these that make me so please to be on this side of the Tasman. :2thumbsup

Yep, a lot less things over here that will bite/sting you around the house - or even in the bush.

Almost no ants, no 'roaches, bugger all wasps compared to further North too.

[crazyhorse]

Probably got you when you had gone walkabout from the pub enroute to your home :rofl:

[Pixie]

Nah.. dont think it was a snake.. i would of seen in it....


Baby Vampyre ?

[kevfromcoro]

Probably got you when you had gone walkabout from the pub enroute to your home :rofl:

yeah.. could of been that......
some of these ozzie shelias. could munch lettuce through a barbed wire fence,

[Mrs Cowboyz]

some people have no sence of adventure......
got a big huntsman living down the back of my desk..
he pops out every now and then.. pokes his tongue at me . i think..
he is quite large. about the size of a box of smokes.....
hes ok.. but shit they can run.....
google huntsman.. and have a look.....
we had a big one in the shed.... about 200cm... across..
big black thing...

eeeww shudders!!! :sick:

[meteor]

google huntsman.. and have a look.....
we had a big one in the shed.... about 200cm... across..
big black thing...

200cm across??? thats a pretty big spider

[fliplid]

200cm across??? thats a pretty big spider

That's not the point- he's just bragging about the size of his shed!:shifty:

[Usarka]

Piss on the wound.

[P38]

Just remember this when your next visiting Oz

Everything that Flys or Crawls or Walks either Stings or Bites ..................................... including the Women :yes:

[Tone165]

Kev is trying to keep you Kiwi's away! Yeah theres a few creepy crawlies....but on the positive side, not many homes that dont have Gekko's behind all the pictures, they "chirp" to each other like birds at night, and keep the spider and fly population under control. Gorgeous Birds abound, and visit the areas you live on a daily basis, (Harmless) Bearded and Water dragons, sun themselves on rocks by the pool, and Wallabies, Potaroos, and Bush Turkeys often cross the back yard to see whats going on.

Depends on your outlook...if your a fearful person, you can frett about the possibility of a redback under the toilet seat...or you can stand out the back with a beer in your hand, look at the paradise in front of your eyes and say "Hows the serenity?"

[dangerous]

Kev is trying to keep you Kiwi's away! Yeah theres a few creepy crawlies....but on the positive side, not many homes that dont have Gekko's behind all the pictures, they "chirp" to each other like birds at night, and keep the spider and fly population under control. Gorgeous Birds abound, and visit the areas you live on a daily basis, (Harmless) Bearded and Water dragons, sun themselves on rocks by the pool, and Wallabies, Potaroos, and Bush Turkeys often cross the back yard to see whats going on.

Depends on your outlook...if your a fearful person, you can frett about the possibility of a redback under the toilet seat...or you can stand out the back with a beer in your hand, look at the paradise in front of your eyes and say "Hows the serenity?" Too true, having Huntmans and geckos in the house is a 'good' thing... means theres nothing worse flatting with ya.
I remember the many nights ya hear heavy foot steps run across the floor, meh shut the eyes pull the sheet up and think 'it dosnt want me'
Ya me amazed whats out in the yard, harmless and deadly... but generaly they dont want any trouble.
And NZ aint as fre from poisness critters as you might think.

Sounds like ya enjoying it Kev... I had to work on a rock damn (Brissie) and amoungest them rocks were pleanty of browns... never was hassled, they are more of an issue on the road avoid running any snake over if possible or you might find it curling up on the pilion seat or in the engine bay.

[P38]

Your not wrong there Tone165.

At my sons place he has made friends with the Geckos that live inside.... one will come out and eat cockroaches that he catches.

Although the snakes do give me the shits and the mosquitos will make you sick if your bitten by the wrong one.

[oldrider]

I overheard two Aussie green blow flies (over here on a break) talking on a horse shit the other day.

They said that the animal world over there is in an uproar about the quality of the Kiwi's that are coming over there nowadays.

Apparently they reckon "kevfromcoro" looks and tastes fucking terrible! But then again they "were" Aussie blowflies and it's only hearsay after all! :psst: Aussies? :weird:

[SMOKEU]

Africa has even more nasty animals than Australia.

[cc rider]

Hey kev, how's it going mate
Prob was a snake bite. nah, you don't always feel them & prob not see it either. Just keep an eye out for any change to skin or feeling, You'll be right. (alkihall will kill most stuff :drinknsin)

had a quick look around the house while reading the thread.
Redbacks in the garden shed, in the workshop & in the bike garage (never leave your bikegear there ;))
Whitetail in the bedroom (must remember to sheew away before bedtime)
Huntsman (well lost count) Not dangerous - but yeah, fast little fuckers. They can run up one leg & down the other before you know it. Had one drop on my head when I turned the shower on, he was stretched across the shower head. :rolleyes:
Snakes - nup, too hot today to be out. But I could prob find one if you're really keen.
...Oh & cockies, the ones in Qld fly, big buggers. Best not sleep with your mouth open either. Nom! Nom!

Ya just get used to being in their world.

On the plus side I have yellow cockies, black cockies (the feathered sort)
Crimson Rosellas, various Lorikeets, Parakeets, Finches, Bellbirds, Wattlebirds etc. Kookaburras & Owls in the back yard too. Even discovered a pair of Red-wiskered Bulbul calling my garden home.

So not a bad place to live.
Just won't catch me near the water - chomp! chomp! :eek:

YaY! have pics now (all them white things in the pine tree are cockies)

[BMWST?]

some people have no sence of adventure......
got a big huntsman living down the back of my desk..
he pops out every now and then.. pokes his tongue at me . i think..
he is quite large. about the size of a box of smokes.....
hes ok.. but shit they can run.....
google huntsman.. and have a look.....
we had a big one in the shed.... about 200cm... across..
big black thing...

200cm?Now thats impressive!

[martybabe]

How the heck is anyone still alive over there ??? Survive this lot and you'll probably die of heat stroke or thirst and your house is almost guaranteed to burn down...No wonder the poms sent the crims there, it's the grim reapers party town:shit:


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[cc rider]

How the heck is anyone still alive over there ??? Survive this lot and you'll probably die of heat stroke or thirst and your house is almost guaranteed to burn down...No wonder the poms sent the crims there, it's the grim reapers party town:shit:Natural selection, mate. We just kill/eat everything before they kill/eat us.


ps tourists help keep the count down :shifty:

[dangerous]

On the plus side I have yellow cockies, black cockies (the feathered sort)
Crimson Rosellas, various Lorikeets, Parakeets, Finches, Bellbirds, Wattlebirds etc. Kookaburras & Owls in the back yard too. Even discovered a pair of Red-wiskered Bulbul calling my garden home. And it never failed to amaze me how loud they became at sunset, increadable

[cc rider]

And it never failed to amaze me how loud they became at sunset, increadable

Haha! Tell me about it. It's 6.25pm here & the cockies should be doing their flyover departure from my area to their night time abode, soon. Hell of a racket. They fly low enough to make eye contact & squawk at ya. Too funny. Always makes me nervous when they sit on the clothes line on a wash day.

ps when were you over here, dangerous?

[kevfromcoro]

Out a place called Beuadesert.. got six weeks work out here.
Coudnt get any accomodation.. so i have pitched the tent for a few days...
As stated.... Australia is a nice place......
Lots of birds and wildlife to look at..
Had many of those gecko things in my hut.....
In Asia they are called a Gingjoke...
For a small animal they make a lot of noise....
Went through a town to-day.... calunga. ,. or something...... <NAH ITS NOT CALUNGA>
The whole st. was full of bikes. never seen so many
Tone will know where it is.
Its where we stopped for lunch. and you pinched that asian waitress on the arse.
and got us biffed out of the cafe..

[cc rider]

Is Canungra, Kev. I used to live there. And at the end of the Binna Burra walking track. Awesome area (except for when the AJs used to do target practice across the main road... duck!!!! :2guns:)
Get up to O'Reilly's if ya can. I'll be up in Bris end of Jan early Feb. So I'll try track you down.
We have a drink or too to catch-up on

[kevfromcoro]

Is Canungra, Kev. I used to live there. And at the end of the Binna Burra walking track. Awesome area (except for when the AJs used to do target practice across the main road... duck!!!! :2guns:)
Get up to O'Reilly's if ya can. I'll be up in Bris end of Jan early Feb. So I'll try track you down.
We have a drink or too to catch-up on


Hve heard of o reilys.. not to sure where it is.
Know what you mean about the army.. they are all over the place out here..
will be back at the G coast late feb... with a new scoot.
You up for a ride.?

[dangerous]

ps when were you over here, dangerous?came back in 2000 (been over to visit since) lived in Aspley on the north side... 20mins and into Mt Glorious, Mt Mee and out the lakes... was awesome.



Is Canungra, Kev. I used to live there. And at the end of the Binna Burra walking track. Awesome area
yeah Mt Tamborine, used to take a hoon out there often, head in at Canungra and take the 'bush' (kiwi word) or hinterlands walk through the canvas of the tree tops.

[cc rider]

Hve heard of o reilys.. not to sure where it is.
Know what you mean about the army.. they are all over the place out here..
will be back at the G coast late feb... with a new scoot.
You up for a ride.?Have added link. (fingers crossed it works) It's a nice spot, you can feed the birds by hand.
Springbrook & Natural Bridge are worth a look, too. Natural Arch waterfall is the spot for a plunge on a hot day.

Yeah, Canungra is an army base. Mt Tamborine is a nice scoot. Anywhere south of that area is. Inland is a little cooler & greener.
http://maps.google.com/maps? (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=O'Reilly+Queensland,+Australia&sll=37.835374,-80.816364&sspn=7.216684,14.040527&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FU87Uf4dt6sgCQ&split=0&hq=&hnear=O'Reilly+Queensland,+Australia&ll=-28.11196,153.224945&spn=0.251946,0.438766&z=11)

I'm up there before you get back I think, kev. But I'll PM you when I have my days set. Will only be a quick visit to see family. But definitely will find the time for a drink with a mate. :yes:

cheers
cc

[cc rider]

came back in 2000 (been over to visit since) lived in Aspley on the north side... 20mins and into Mt Glorious, Mt Mee and out the lakes... was awesome.Wow! Small world. I'm from Stafford. Did you ever get out to Samford or Lakeside? The Mt Nebo ride is a good one too.




yeah Mt Tamborine, used to take a hoon out there often, head in at Canungra and take the bush (kiwi word) walt through the canvas of the tree topsI lived in the caravan park along the creek at Canungra, then on a dairy farm at the base of Beechmont. Last farm on the road. Very peaceful.
There's a tree top walk??? Gosh, feel old now. Wish I knew this on Wed. We could of had a nice chin wag.

[kevfromcoro]

Did Mt Tamborine on the way back.........
Waahoo.. good stuff.....
attached a couple of pics.. think cc. rider will know where it is........

nup.. having a bit of trouble with this new site.........
Will learn how to put them in.

[cc rider]

Good one, kev.
Yeah, just worked out how to upload pics to an album.
Cockies heading over now. :laugh:

[dangerous]

There's a tree top walk??? Gosh, feel old now. Wish I knew this on Wed. We could of had a nice chin wag. yip a suspended path in the tree tops, the bird life up there was amazing, as for walking on the ground before the tree top section hell the bloody track moves benieth ya, all kinds a criters doing there thing. How come you mention Wensday?



Wow! Small world. I'm from Stafford. Did you ever get out to Samford or Lakeside? The Mt Nebo ride is a good one too. Yeah. all of the above, I had a 97 VFR750, when I sold it I hired a super glide and went to a rally somewere way out the back... remember running a snake over the bastard was longer than the road was wide, remember hearing storys how they wrap around ya wheels, but as I got to it I saw some flatened truck tyre marks on it *phew*

[avgas]

Africa has even more nasty animals than Australia.
Really? please elaborate? I kept reading that Aus was the most poisonous place on earth.

[SMOKEU]

Really? please elaborate? I kept reading that Aus was the most poisonous place on earth.

I've lived in South Africa for 7 years so I know what it's like. There are venomous scorpions and snakes which will kill you with 1 bite. Ostriches are common and can be very aggressive. They have been known to kill people. Lions kill people, so do elephants. Mosquitos spread deadly diseases. Cape Buffalo are capable of killing lions. Then there are leopards, rhinos and hyena. You're not safe in the water either. Great white sharks are extremely common around Seal Island, and many other coastal areas. Deadly jellyfish also thrive in those waters. In the northern parts of the country crocodiles also exist. And the greatest threat of all, is the kaffir.

[SPman]

Out a place called Beuadesert.. got six weeks work out here.
Coudnt get any accomodation.. so i have pitched the tent for a few days...
As stated.... Australia is a nice place......
Lots of birds and wildlife to look at..

My brother used to have a place in Beaudesert.
Had a fucking Huntsman on the kitchen ceiling the other morning - they don't half give you a fright when you're half asleep. A few white tails and thousands of Redbacks - had one in the barn built a web on the bike handlebars one night - bastige! And I've got to watch it when I get my home brew out of the storage boxes.... The ones I don't like are those gnarly looking tree spiders that build webs after the sun goes down - normally across footpaths or between bushes. It can be clear one minute, you go out to the chook pen or dog run and wallop - straight through a new web with an irate spider running around yr neck!!!! Haven't seen any snakes (alive) so, obviously, making enough noise around the place - mainly Dugites and Tigers around our way. Parrots - thousands of Galahs, 28's, black and white cockatoos - the bastards eat all yr fruit of the trees and chop off any shoots they can get - got 2 grape vines that got badly pruned by the shits this year - still - the dog is doing her best to keep the numbers down.

[kevfromcoro]

Just done my first day on the shut....
Its out in the sticks a bit
When i walked trhough the gate .. there was sign.

Many snakes have been seen on this site.
Please be carefull where you walk.

Lovely..............
Driving home with an ozzie bloke...... and he reckons that the site is full of rats and mice
The snakes hang around to eat them.
Mainly red bellied blackes,, Browns,, and the Taipan.. he is a nasty ass thing.
As Tone said.. ya can get a bit paranoid over these things.. but you learn to live with it
but i never saw one...
dont want too.

[cc rider]

I supose it's just what you're used to. We grew up in Brissie mostly, in Tenterfield & a bit of a stint back in Canada. (chased by bear). But dad was a bit of a bushy, so we were always out bush, travelling, gold panning, camping etc.

Had a shark brush my leg at Mooroochydore, been stung by a Blue Bottle (recuring pain for over 10 yrs), had a sea snake swim past my face, got bumped by a manta ray off the Great Keppal Islands while boom-netting, been bit by a spider 25yrs ago & the spot (left cheek :o ) still flairs up. Have snakes & assorted spidies here. Not to mention the various types of biting ants.

But it's not like you encounter all thing dangerous in one week. Most people would be luck to encounter 1 or 2 in their lifetime.

Ok, so I'm propably not the best rep for tourism... that's why I like going to NZ :bleh:

[kevfromcoro]

Why do we do these things... i moved out here a week a go... and there is no accomodation anywhere.
Checked ot the pubs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nup..
Motels............. no nothing
Caravan parks......no cabins.. no vans..
ok got a tent site.. no power...
luckly i bought a tent in Brisy.. paid $5 for it...
so up she goes.. couldnt sling a cat in it..
went to bed last night. and the total serenity....
some of the best years of my life....
warm.... well hot....
the wildlife... the neigbours....
the snakes.... yuk....
just got a room in the local hotel... that will be ok... its even got power.

but i will miss the week i had in tent....
cant wait till i get back to my hut in the gold coast
and go scooter hunting....

[cc rider]

kev, I wish I still knew people out Beauy way. But glad you have a bit of comfort now. Not a flash town, aye lol
So what ya thinking of buying??? And who through?

cc

[kevfromcoro]

kev, I wish I still knew people out Beauy way. But glad you have a bit of comfort now. Not a flash town, aye lol
So what ya thinking of buying??? And who through?

cc

Dunno cc...Nerang has got a few bikes for sale . Lawerence st...
iam on a few internet sites.. there are some good buys out there.
wanted a TDM 900.
,<so Mr Scrata has imformed me,>
good tiger 955 just come up. 02. model with all the gear....
probably change my mind in the naext few weeks...
as we do...

[cc rider]

OK, cool. Yeah, always good to get local (internet) knowledge.
Just be very sus of any salt "rust'. Had heaps of problems with that living at Southport. Not great for polished alloys or stainless steal. But can't be helped when you live near the ocean, aye.
Ha! A guy change his mind... whoda thunk :bleh:

[dangerous]

Nerang has got a few bikes for sale bloody hell Nerang has 11 shops in a row, if ya cant find something there ya got issues... brought my VFR from from the kawa dealer in Springwood up the road a bit (you can see the shop from the M/W and around the corner is a massive yamaha dealer)

[Skyryder]

Saw something the other day on those jellyfish. Bloody hell the mess they make.

Skyryder

[dangerous]

Saw something the other day on those jellyfish. Bloody hell the mess they make.

Skyryder
yeah, stingers on the QLD coast... to be honest those bastards had me most worried of all, never did do a lot of swimming over there.

[idb]

yeah, stingers on the QLD coast... to be honest those bastards had me most worried of all, never did do a lot of swimming over there.

They'd be more frightened of you I think D.

[kevfromcoro]

yeah, stingers on the QLD coast... to be honest those bastards had me most worried of all, never did do a lot of swimming over there.

Nah those things are ok...
They are only attracted to purple and green...

I know... cause one bit me on the knob......

[dangerous]

Nah those things are ok...
They are only attracted to purple and green...

I know... cause one bit me on the knob...... Knob of what? ... OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhh, hmmmm... yeah ok, well actually one question, what the fark were you doing swimming in the sea nude?

[kevfromcoro]

shit.. thats not Carver.. at least i added a pic...
i think...........

[dangerous]

LOL... WTF

drink more fluids Kev... think ya dehydrating over out there

[kevfromcoro]

Yeah.. yah drink a bit of piss over here..... hot.. all the time...
cc put a post in here about bikes rusting.. lol
think i will rust before they do.......
that last pic wasnt Carver...
he has a tatoo of a scorpion on his left cheek........
will try and pop some more pics up........

[dangerous]

Yeah.. yah drink a bit of piss over here..... hot.. all the time...
cc put a post in here about bikes rusting.. lol
think i will rust before they do.......
that last pic wasnt Carver...
he has a tatoo of a scorpion on his left cheek........
will try and pop some more pics up........ hang on... WTF are you going on about that twat carver for, how the hell did he come into it?

[kevfromcoro]

he was just with me over here.. stayed a few days......
i found him ok....

[cc rider]

Saw something the other day on those jellyfish. Bloody hell the mess they make.

Skyryderthe longer the tenticles, the more they wrap around & harder to remove. Excruciating pain. Mine was a tiny one, about 8in long. When I lived at Airley Beach you had (if you knew what was out there ;) )to swim inside the wooden barriers. It kept the sharks, rays & bigger jellyfish out. Gotta love living in paradise :lol:


yeah, stingers on the QLD coast... to be honest those bastards had me most worried of all, never did do a lot of swimming over there.I never swim in the ocean any more. Even some of the ocean feed rivers have sharks now.... < ^ < Plus I is a woos

They'd be more frightened of you I think D.they is made of jelly... that means they would giggle with fright


Nah those things are ok...
They are only attracted to purple and green...

I know... cause one bit me on the knob......not biting, I mean touching, I mean trying that one... oh fuck it, you know what I mean :oi-grr: :lol:

[warewolf]

Sounds like you are making lots of friends, Kev! :lol:

That area I've visited quite a bit; got quite a bit of family up that way.


oh yeah.....havent you noticed, we have white tail spiders over this side of the Tasman and you think your safe:laugh:White tails are somewhat maligned. They haven't been proven to cause any deaths in NZ yet. I've found & killed a few beauties in our house, 3 in the last 2 years that were 40-50mm long. Googled them after I nearly stepped on the first one, some good info online.

PS Found a blue bottle in the water here at Tahunanui Beach last week. See a few washed up on the beach now and then.