Mosquitos

Recoup · Guru

Mosquitos

Oka374 · Veteran Member

We crossed back across NSW from SA just before they closed the Newell and as most of the state is waterlogged west of the Great Divide there are plenty of mossies around pretty much everywhere. If there is a breeze they stay away but if its still then they will be around especially around dusk.
NSW RMS and local council websites will have the latest on road closures.

villatranquilla · Guru

we were at Moree 2 weeks ago and they were very annoying

Recoup · Guru

We planed the trip from Albury to Newcastel ,going Dubbo way , but giving it a miss now. I don't like having more suckers on my back.Cheers

-- Edited by Recoup on Thursday 27th of October 2016 01:00:49 PM

Lilliputians · Veteran Member

We have just travelled back on the Barrier Highway, some of which follows the Darling River, which had broken it's banks in many places. If Dubbo and Forbes are anything like that then be prepared the mozzies were horrendous.

HunnyBunny · Senior Member

Unfortunately the little suckers are out of control after all the rain & flooding we have had. I always look forward to getting to the Murray. Now that the water has finally subsided the mozzies will be unbearable. They are bad enough here & I live a couple of klms off the Loddon river

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Have one of those sprays every 30 seconds or so at night.. Sleep with light cover. We have some N.T mozzy repellent. Works a treat..

Bruce and Bev · Guru

If you travel to SW WA - be very careful with the mossies. They are currently very bad and the Health Dept are predicting record Ross River infections - there were about 300 or so last spring (if in fact we are in spring)

Jamjar · Senior Member

If you are planning on using the Newell, the highway is still closed between Marsden ( the turn off to Grenfell ) and Forbes.

www.blandshire.nsw.gov.au/

Mozzies are voracious.

Jamjar

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

A damned nuisance no matter where they are or how many cry

However -

voracious - adj.

1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit: a voracious reader.
[From Latin vorx, vorc-, from vorre, to swallow, devour.]

OR

ferocious - adj.

1.
a. Extremely aggressive or violent: a ferocious attack dog.
b. Characterized by or showing extreme aggressiveness or violence: a ferocious glare; ferocious claws.
2. Extremely powerful or destructive: a ferocious gale.
3. Extreme in activity or feeling; intense: a ferocious demand for a product; ferocious courage.
[From Latin ferx, ferc-, fierce; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots.]

Cheers - John

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Shut the front gate!

Geez mate, that discribes a few people I have come across biggrin biggrin biggrin