Mice & Rats?
Submitted: Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 11:23
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D&G
We are heading north again very soon and wondering if we have to contend with the plagues of last year?
Reply By: Member - DereelGirl - Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 17:42
Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 17:42
They were pretty bad around the centre last yr weren't they. We had mice running up the canvas walls and across the roof... none inside the camper/trailer thank god.
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Reply By: The Explorer - Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 21:07
Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 21:07
Hi
Dont worry about it - just do it. The trip will be more fun than a mouse or two could ruin. I suspect many of the previous tales related to the "plague" exagerate the actual issue for one reason or another.
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Greg
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Follow Up By: Member - Justin O (QLD) - Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 22:28
Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 22:28
Not when the destroy the
Birdsville telephone network!
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 22:50
Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 22:50
What? Two wires:) That's it !! I'm never going "outback" again. Way too scary with all those mice and rats running about. This thread should be linked to equinox's thread :)
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Greg
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Follow Up By: Frances - Monday, May 07, 2012 at 08:03
Monday, May 07, 2012 at 08:03
I can promise you Greg that nothing you would have heard could have exaggerated the plague out there last year!But you're right - you shouldn't let it ruin your trip! We just kept our zips on our tent done up and never had a problem inside the tent!
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Reply By: gordon_adel - Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 21:32
Sunday, May 06, 2012 at 21:32
Just came back from uluru,
kings canyon, alice,
oodnadatta track and a few others. Didn't see one rat. A few mice in uluru but nothing to fret about. No mice anywhere else.
Last year it was nuts with them.
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Reply By: PJR (NSW) - Monday, May 07, 2012 at 08:56
Monday, May 07, 2012 at 08:56
We went up through
Tibooburra, Cameron's,
Innamincka,
Birdsville,
Boulia etc to the Gulf in July-August and saw only one rat at a dry creek when we stopped for a cuppa between
Birdsville and
Boulia. We camped and used cabins on the way. No hassles.
Go for it.
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Reply By: D&G - Monday, May 07, 2012 at 09:06
Monday, May 07, 2012 at 09:06
Thanks to those answering our question
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Reply By: GT Campers - Monday, May 07, 2012 at 15:50
Monday, May 07, 2012 at 15:50
maybe take a trap, some skewer sticks and lots of BBQ sauce...?
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Reply By: ABR - SIDEWINDER - Monday, May 07, 2012 at 16:16
Monday, May 07, 2012 at 16:16
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We had a few holes in the tent but were easily patched with duct tape.
June 2011
Simpson Desert.
Regards
Derek from ABR
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Follow Up By: gordon_adel - Monday, May 07, 2012 at 20:16
Monday, May 07, 2012 at 20:16
Is that your blackwolf?
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Follow Up By: ABR - SIDEWINDER - Tuesday, May 08, 2012 at 07:05
Tuesday, May 08, 2012 at 07:05
Yes ;-(
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Reply By: Rockape - Monday, May 07, 2012 at 16:27
Monday, May 07, 2012 at 16:27
We had a plague of rats at the bottom of the Selwyn Ranges last year but there have been none this year.
Guess we were lucky. When we went through
Birdsville to
Marree up to Lake Eyre and down to The Flinders then up to
Innamincka we only saw one rat (water rat) and no mice.
Not even the two legged kind.
RA.
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