Cattle producers in Central Australia say the fly population has exploded in the past few months, making working outside almost unbearable — the air is so think with flies: you can’t talk or open your mouth, you have to cover your ears in case they get in your ear hole!
‘About ten trillion of the bloody things’
abc.net.au
Chris Nott from Alcoota Station, about 110 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs, has been working in the district since 1983, and said the flies were the worst he had ever seen.
“Up until last year I reckon I’d hardly ever seen a fly, but I reckon now Alcoota’s got about ten trillion of the bloody things,” he said.
