Stuart Hwy, Alice to Adelaide - mouse plague?

Michelle
We got 61 in our water trap at Napper Merry last night. They are out and about around here......Into everything.....
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Haven't been through those regions myself since last year but I've been talking recently on HF to people who have - it seems you'll be hard pressed to avoid them - quite widespread - reports include the Red Centre and generally right down through the Flinders into SA's mid north. Bit of a lottery it seems - if you go out of your way to avoid potential mobs, they might have built up worse the way you are going (or not be there at all) .....bloke on the ABC the other night said they can disappear in areas as quickly as they emerge - frosts knock them around - pray for cold :-o).

Hi We travelled up the Oodnadatta track through to Marla and onto Alice two weeks ago.
We stayed at a great place called Wallace Rockholes out of Alice. A couple of mice but nothing to worry about. $10.00 per night per van for hot showers, powered sites.Its within a community and has a shop and arts centre. Nothing flash but a great little hidden gem for doing the gorges out in the west Mac.
No mice at g,day mate caravan park in Alice.
Mice at Stuarts well and owner says they are thinning out. Seen maybe 6 there
Mice at Rainbow Valley and at Chambers Pillar.
Nothing from there down to Adelaide even though we free camped in the bush.
Cheers
Patrolman

Gday Secondrun, Living in Alice we kill about 3-10 mice per night in traps and have done for the past 3-4 months. The cold is reducing the numbers of mice. Friends camping out of town in the past few weeks, particularly in the east and west MacDonnell ranges and down south towards Finke are reporting high numbers around their camps. They reported that little food is starving them and they were canabalising each other. One of the local school camps had to return to town each evening due to the high number of mice as the kids were being bitten each evening while they slept or tried to sleep.

Cheers.

Thanks a lot for the info and tips everyone, that's good to hear that most places sound not too bad at the moment. Cold front is coming through over the next few days so that will probably help too.
Cannibalising mice.... sounds horrible!
Cheers,
Michelle