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’
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.