Comments by "Adrian McLean" (@adrianmclean9195) on "IWrocker"
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We have a spider, called the White tail
It is normal size grey to black with a cigar shaped body. Sometimes it has a distinct white spot at the end of it's body. Sometimes they maybe all over the body. Like a redback, they vary greatly.
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They are interesting because I don't think anyone yet has the true verdict on them - as I hear different stories about their toxicity and what causes it, even from a professor from the ANU - ( Australian National University ).
I've been bitten twice. Once by the East Gippsland version and once in my hometown of Albury-Wodonga - where they are very common.
I believe an Aboriginal Elder, had his legs amputated from below the knees, because of necrosis. They are quite creepy.
They usually appear in your house at night, when it is quiet. They actually sense out living things' body heat to feast on. Like a leech, it injects a anesthetic so you don't know it is feeding on you. Very different to other spiders. Often, one of the family members would fall asleep in the lounge room and wake up in the middle of the night - and sure enough, there would be one right next to you. My father was actually bitten on his ankle above his sock line. Started to become necrotic. Had a biopsy. Confirmed and started antibiotic treatment. Was successful.
In Gippsland mine was on the forearm. Large orangey ( similar colour to the fluid you produce if you get extreme sunburn ) circular welts.
Pharmacist in Sale, gave me a cream and oral tablets, confirming it was a white tail spider bite.
Took upto x3 months to completely disappear. My poor mum, was terrified that I would tell visitors that we had white tail spiders in the house. We could never find their nest. Roof cavities were surprisingly clean.
On day one of my placement in Aged Care, all the nurses approached me and asked what was the marks on the back of my neck ???
I said I can't see the back of my neck. They got some mirrors and showed me. They were adamant it was a white tail spider bite. So being the best type of Aged Care facility attached to/as part of a public hospital, they marched me up to the hospital where it was confirmed and I was given Chlorsig ? antibiotic EYE gel, which works very well on these bites. Didn't take as long to heal. No feeling and no feeling of it happening. Some people claim that when they get sick in the future, the bite area flares up again. This can also happen with snake bites.
When I went home that evening, I checked my bed and sure enough, under my pillows were TWO dead white tails. They were BOTH feeding on me during the night. Possibly because they were pregnant females. My body weight when turning must have crushed them.
We eventually found their hiding/nesting spot, when cleaning the bathroom exhaust fans. Because of the humidity, they like to live inside the grille. And a giant pregnant female landed on my arm.
If left untreated, it becomes necrotic and can spread and you can loose a limb. ANU Professor says it isn't actually the spider - but a specific bacteria that lives on their fangs, that enters your bloodstream, that causes the problem.??
So unlike other spiders going about their business, this one actually tracks you down to have a meal - 😂
It would be good to hear other people's experiences of this little bugger.
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Hi, just letting you know that here today in Australia, with the still current heatwave alerts across the country: looking at the Bureau of Meteorology - the predicted temperatures - which are usually pretty accurate, show Canberra our capital, which is inland and elevated and further south, is the hottest today.
Although usually colder in winter, inland areas are usually hotter in summer, with lower humidity and perhaps colder nights, but with heatwaves, it can still be warm at night. Although this would appear normal with any landmass, it shows how hot overall the entire continent is, including Tasmania and how southerly areas are often hotter than the north of the country. Really hot spots are Kunnunurra, Marble Bar.
And heavenly is Boiling hot consistently, Mildura with the cool Mighty Murray to dive into.
Also, being in the Victorian Alps on a bushwalk, amoungst the towering Alpine Ash forests, after an extended heatwave in summer, then it buckets down with a summer thunder, lightning storm: well the smell of the steam created and almost like a fog, is incredibly - the eucalyptus oil in the air is ecstatic and great for your senses, sinuses etc - awesome nature - this is why they bottle the oil and make other numerous things from it - and lol, why Koalas look constantly stoned
Adrian M.
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It's all about efficiency and flow and therefore, safety, stress reduction, public transport effectiveness, less accidents and incidents and even saves petrol. Easy to learn and a lot of fun. The " new " markings for where to wait, weren't there when i resided in Melbourne in the late eighties/early nineties, working at Mercedes-Benz.
You just drove up to the corner, closely side on to the cross traffic waiting on your left and edge as close as possible to the corner, allowing as many cars behind you to fit in, wanting to turn as well, without blocking those behind you wanting to turn left. You were able to double up, side by side as well, all watching the green light to your right, with your head turned in that direction.
Then two lanes would all turn together, to go across the intersection, and flow down the two marked lanes. Works brilliantly and looks/feels cool - especially when everyone is doing it correctly. Some footage from the late eighties, should show this.
Melbourne also has some specific u-turn lanes - but that is another video. 😂😂
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