Shit! I've been bit

**kevfromcoro** · 9th January 2010, 19:25

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** · 9th January 2010, 19:32

pmsl... good wee story there!

**Fatt Max** · 9th January 2010, 19:36

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

**P38** · 9th January 2010, 21:56

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** · 9th January 2010, 22:20

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

**kevfromcoro** · 9th January 2010, 22:23

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>** · 9th January 2010, 22:30

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=10619237

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**Iggy** · 9th January 2010, 22:42

Originally Posted by McJim

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

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

**FlangMasterJ** · 9th January 2010, 23:22

Originally Posted by Iggy

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

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** · 10th January 2010, 03:44

Originally Posted by 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

Nice little story there...so glad I live in New Zealand!

Originally Posted by FlangMasterJ

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** · 10th January 2010, 04:17

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** · 10th January 2010, 04:36

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

**kevfromcoro** · 10th January 2010, 04:52

Originally Posted by Mrs Cowboyz

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** · 10th January 2010, 06:59

Originally Posted by McJim

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

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.