Flies at Uluru
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If you have any netting then take it with you !!!
I was there last month and HAD to buy a head net.
Percy
I was there last month and HAD to buy a head net.
Percy
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I did the walk around Uluru a few years ago when I went and there were certainly flies, but bizarrely when I got close to the rockface (eg. to look at painting/carvings) the flies miraculously disappeared.
Geological anomoly or some mysterious force emanating from the rock? You decide...
Geological anomoly or some mysterious force emanating from the rock? You decide...
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PeterAlan, I hear there's a fly season coming, but I'm hoping if I don't think about it won't come this way. We do have the threatened invasion of that infamous Australian predator Neilus Cammackus threatened for mid September
cheers
AndrewDavid
cheers
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Oh, for heaven's sake, flies are tiny creatures which cause some annoyance. They don't do anything much to upset humanity - around Ulura where its generally very dry they will flock to sweat producing humans in search of some moisture.
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A/D, rest assured that the Cammacks will be a low-impact and low-profile presence, in fact hardly noticeable. On another forum I promised an excitable evangelical lady that I'd refrain from persecuting Christians during my visit (she seemed to think that they're something of an endangered species in the US, which did surprise me a little), so I'll take it easy on everybody else too. Yes, I've had my shots, so I won't be running around biting the caribous and beavers either. Not unless they're served up on the dinner table washed down with a half-decent red.
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Neilus Cammackus,
You may want to do your decent red wine drinking south of the border. You'll be in shock (and without the benefit of cheap alcohol to assuage it) when you check out the wine, beer and liquor prices after you cross the border. Anyone heading north is always advised to stop at the duty free.
AndrewDavid
You may want to do your decent red wine drinking south of the border. You'll be in shock (and without the benefit of cheap alcohol to assuage it) when you check out the wine, beer and liquor prices after you cross the border. Anyone heading north is always advised to stop at the duty free.
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Andrew, thank you for that sound advice! I must check the Canadian duty free allowance. Cheap booze is one of the many attractions of the United States. Should I smuggle you one of those super-cheap flagons of Canadian whiskey I saw in US supermarkets?