Sand flys

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southace
southace
SA
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SA, 4795 posts
29 May 2014 11:30pm
Hate the little f##kers !
Rails
Rails
QLD
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QLD, 1371 posts
30 May 2014 7:15am




Wish for more sand flying round here
pweedas
pweedas
WA
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30 May 2014 11:02am
Sand only flys when it's windy,.. which means it's a good day for a windsurf.
You can't have it both ways. Sand flys and sailing,. or no sand flys and no saiing.


Or did you mean sand FLIES?
Because they are around when it's not windy and they are rotten little things.

Actually, the worst ones are up around the beaches at Lakeside in Cape Range National Park.
There's some great reefs to snorkel around near there and when you come out of the water, the little sods land on you and bite you like crazy.
A week or two later, wherever you were bitten, you come out in red pimples like chicken pox, and it's really itchy.

For some reason they don't bite until after you get wet.
southace
southace
SA
4795 posts
SA, 4795 posts
30 May 2014 12:38pm
Sandflys the ones that bite you! I have been getting drilled lately!
fingerbone
fingerbone
NSW
921 posts
NSW, 921 posts
30 May 2014 4:30pm
I can be around 20 other people... no one gets bitten except me....

In my younger days I got hammered by them.. We counted over 300 bites between my ankles and shorts and on my arms....I didnt even feel them bite me,mind you I was a bit of a drinker back then.
TurtleHunter
TurtleHunter
WA
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WA, 1675 posts
30 May 2014 3:14pm
pweedas said..

Sand only flys when it's windy,.. which means it's a good day for a windsurf.
You can't have it both ways. Sand flys and sailing,. or no sand flys and no saiing.


Or did you mean sand FLIES?
Because they are around when it's not windy and they are rotten little things.

Actually, the worst ones are up around the beaches at Lakeside in Cape Range National Park.
There's some great reefs to snorkel around near there and when you come out of the water, the little sods land on you and bite you like crazy.
A week or two later, wherever you were bitten, you come out in red pimples like chicken pox, and it's really itchy.

For some reason they don't bite until after you get wet.


pfft you ain't seen nothing if you think lakeside can be bad.
You probably noticed them when you got out of the water because the oil on your skin had washed off. Sandflies piss on your skin so the oil acts as a barrier. You know when there bad when you can't even breath without them being caught in your nose, the best bet then is to cover yourself in baby oil and keep your mouth closed.
As for the original post I am sick of the little blighters too we have had stuff all wind lots of rain and weed all over the beach so they are pretty thick around here too.
ikw777
ikw777
QLD
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QLD, 2995 posts
30 May 2014 5:31pm
Singular, "sandfly". Plural, "sandflies".
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
30 May 2014 8:47pm
Yes, sand flys, and wears the soap. Doesn't it.
Cal
Cal
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Cal Cal
QLD, 1003 posts
30 May 2014 9:05pm
ikw777 said..

Singular, "sandfly". Plural, "sandflies".


you gotta cut some slack; poor Queenslander missed a year of schooling due to the genius system, except no-one worked out what to sacrifice so everything misses out.
saltiest1
saltiest1
NSW
2568 posts
NSW, 2568 posts
31 May 2014 6:10pm
they don't only bite.
its your reaction to their secretion.
im a lucky bugger, only a very slight red spot and no itching
jn1
jn1
SA
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jn1 jn1
SA, 2753 posts
31 May 2014 7:27pm
ikw777 said..

Singular, "sandfly". Plural, "sandflies".


The Urban Dictionary provides the following definition for a Spelling Nazi:

"a person who freaks out when a little spelling mistake has occured or has be a constant little asshole about it."

Okay, spell Hyppo... Hipooptam.... argh **** it !






Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
31 May 2014 8:13pm
That thing has the weirdest tooth layout.
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