Shit! I've been bit

[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

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!!!

[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!

[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

[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! Aussies?

[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 )

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.
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!

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