Fly problems in Australian outback

Cattle producers in Central Australia say the fly population has exploded in the past few months, making working outside almost unbearable

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!

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‘About ten trillion of the bloody things’
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.

abc.net.au

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In the late 80s I started investigating UFOs and crop circles and joined the CCCS (Centre for Crop Circle Studies) and a local group researching strange sightings and reports along the south coast of Dorset (UK). In the early ’90s I started my own research group called SPS (Strange Phenomena Studies), this was renamed in 2004 to Cryptoworld.

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