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How much time betwen drinking the water and getting home was there........

g'day,

could be something to do with mosquito larvae mate. you'll be right.

eat some fresh garlic, sip some gin, no worries.

HMMM ...........ARE YOU DRUNK

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What the hell has a rash over your body got to do with the above???

Cheers.....Borgy

FF

I think a bug from the water is the least likely cause of your rash. Without a description of your rash it could be anything from secondary syphilis to tinea versicolor or pityriasis rosea.

A photo might help.

Hi fireflash,
I was there two weeks ago, didnt get any skin complaints, (five in party).
But my daughter picked up an ear infection after swimming in the springs.
Not a pleasant trip across the desert for her.

When we are swimming in the springs that is after all bore water and a lot of animals drink it and their excrement would wash into it as well.

Having said that there were a hell of a lot of people camping there.

William

Go seek medical advice. You won't get any on this forum.

Fireflash, I got a rash some years ago caused by constantly showering in bore water that had (so we found out later) an organic contaminant. Harmless when drunk but caused a wicked irritation. My sweetheart bought some cream from the chemist and it fixed it up within a couple of weeks. We also had a UV filtration unit put on to solve the bug issue. I can't remember the name of the cream but it started with Q. There is also Pinetarsol. We used it on our kids as a soap alternative. Its an anti-itch soap alternative.

Gday,
Might pay to repost your question with a different heading as there has been lots of people who have had the same problem and it might get their attention, also try a search.
Ive heard people blaming it on high sulfur content in the water, mites and mozzies but wouldn really know what causes it.
Try asking DIO.... he reckons he knows everything.

Cheers

This is what caused my skin problem. Was it ground water or your own water? In our case it was solved (in the water supply) by rapid overpumping and shock-treating the bore with a high concentration of chlorine solution.

Iron bacteria are bacteria that get their energy to live and multiply by oxidizing dissolved iron (or occasionally manganese and aluminium). The resulting ferric oxide is insoluble, and appears as a brown slime that will stain plumbing and clothing or utensils washed with the water carrying it, and may cause internal corrosion of pipes and fixtures. It can also cause skin irritation. They are known to grow and proliferate in water containing as low as 0.1mg/l of iron. At least 0.3 ppm of dissolved oxygen is needed to carry out oxidation. The growth of iron bacteria can also increase the chance of sulfur bacteria infestation.

Common effects - a reddish-brown color, stained laundry and poor tasting coffee, skin irritation, upset belly & the shytes. Iron bacteria are a natural part of the environment in most parts of the world. They combine dissolved iron or manganese with oxygen and use it to form rust-colored deposits.

I always carry some of this.
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I think our friend fireflash has been reading the About Membership Page and has posted his question about the rash in the Feedback Box at the bottom of the page.
The system obviously post's such Feedback questions and comments to the Forum unless the box is ticked to only send to the Exploroz team.

I think its just a point of the poor bloke not knowing how the site is set up or works, a simple mistake on his behalf.
No need to hang him out because the heading and the topic don't make sense.

I think our friend fireflash has been reading the About Membership Page and has posted his question about the rash in the Feedback Box at the bottom of the page.
The system obviously post's such Feedback questions and comments to the Forum unless the box is ticked to only send to the Exploroz team.

I think its just a point of the poor bloke not knowing how the site is set up or works, a simple mistake on his behalf.
No need to hang him out because the heading and the topic don't make sense.

Yer I heard that from a few ppl that had swimmed at Dalhousie