12 August 2009
Australia's Bad Things
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been talking about the biggest and baddest Australian bad things that I have encountered, namely the mozzies and the sandflies. The funny thing is when I came to Australia I thought the biggest baddest thing would probably be snakes or if not, possibly spiders. I was never really [...]
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29 July 2009
Australia's Bad Things
In England, it was called a plain and simple gnat. Every now and then, you’d get a gnat bite. DANG! But in hotter countries, where the tabloid press does not lead with the headline “Phew, What a Scorcher!” as soon as the temperature hits 80°F, they become MOSQUITOES. Forget spiders, crocodiles, alligators, lions, kangaroos breaking [...]
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