birding-aus

Rats in the Corner Country?

To: Carl Clifford <>
Subject: Rats in the Corner Country?
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:09:48 +0930
That's brought about the best laugh I've had all week.
Denise


on 9/8/11 1:55 PM, Carl Clifford at  wrote:

> Ah well, I imagine one or the other would have dropped of eventually.
> 
> Carl Clifford
> 
> On 09/08/2011, at 2:17 PM, Denise Goodfellow wrote:
> 
> And then there's the wellknown Top End botanist (now retired) who
> found one
> hanging on the end of his penis.
> 
> 
> on 9/8/11 1:36 PM, Carl Clifford at  wrote:
> 
>> Not to mention leeches. I made the mistake of having an afternoon kip
>> on a poncho in Sarawak. It is amazing where the little devils can get.
>> I have heard of a birder visiting Sabah who managed to get one up his
>> nose, doing the same thing.
>> 
>> Carl Clifford
>> 
>> 
>> On 09/08/2011, at 1:29 PM, Tony Russel wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, ants can be terrible, so too are those huge centipedes.
>> 
>> Tony
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Denise Goodfellow 
>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011 12:26 PM
>> To: Tony Russell; 'michael wood'
>> Cc: Birding Aus
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Rats in the Corner Country?
>> 
>> I woke up once near Kings Canyon to find myself surrounded by millions
>> of
>> ants!
>> Denise
>> 
>> 
>> on 9/8/11 10:47 AM, Tony Russel at  wrote:
>> 
>>> They'll get you wherever you sleep.  What about the big spiders that
>>> come
>>> out at night in the donga ??  Munch munch.
>>> 
>>> Tony
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 
>>>  On Behalf Of
>>> michael wood
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011 9:21 AM
>>> To: 
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Rats in the Corner Country?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello All
>>> With all things going to plan, I soon plan to be travelling north up
>> through
>>> the Birdsville Track and and then on to Mt. Isa. My only concern is
>>> the
>>> rats. Has anyone had any recent bad experiences with inland rats in
>>> that
>>> region? Are they, along with mice, in such numbers that they might
>>> start
>>> chewing upon just about anything? I plan to be sleeping on the
>>> ground in
>> my
>>> swag for the few days through that area and the idea of them gnawing
>>> at my
>>> toes whilst trying to sleep does not fill me with joy.
>>> Regards,Michael
>>> ===============================
>>> 
>>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>>> send the message:
>>> unsubscribe
>>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>>> to: 
>>> 
>>> http://birding-aus.org
>>> ===============================
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ===============================
>>> 
>>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>>> send the message:
>>> unsubscribe
>>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>>> to: 
>>> 
>>> http://birding-aus.org
>>> ===============================
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ===============================
>> 
>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>> send the message:
>> unsubscribe
>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>> to: 
>> 
>> http://birding-aus.org
>> ===============================
>> 
> 
> 
> 


===============================

To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to: 

http://birding-aus.org
===============================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU