Rat Plague ?

Bucky, take a look at Thread 87563.

Bucky,
we had a very big rat plague here at work (between Boulia and Mckinlay) around Xmas time for a few months until it started to cool. Hundreds upon hundreds trying to play superman down our shafts.

The rats are still around and I see at least 4 or 5 a day. We are told they will be with us for the next 2 seasons. They are not afraid of humans and just walk along in front of you or walk around your feet. The rats are native Australian long haired rats.

We have enough 2 legged rats here without getting 4 legged ones.

Have a good one,
RA.

I drove the Birdsville Track last week and yes there are rats. Camped about 150km out from Birdsville and had holes eaten in the bottom of my black wolf tent that night. all night I could here rats around and on the tent. Late in the afternoon and at night you could see them out of their burrows.

Hi all.

Does anybody know if this rat problem has hit Innamincka?

We will be at Innamincka ,then down to the Flinders around second half of August.

Buckmeister,

just got back from the area. Plenty of rats about the channel country (Donohue), a few around Birdsville and Innamincka but not a real nuisance.

Cheers Mick