What Are Little Blitters?

Australia, specifically the Tropical North Queensland region, has many many incredible things to offer. Although it is nice to spend your days walking through the rainforests and discovering all the wonderful nature it has to offer, you will also come into contact with numerous flies.

Warding off flies might have you doing the Great Australian Salute, the action of brushing your hand across your face to shoo away the flies. So commonly found in and around the Tropical North Queensland region and throughout the Australian continent they are often referred jokingly to as the Australian National Bird.

When planning to spend a fair amount of time in the great outdoors, especially while attending picnics and barbecues and such, you will want to make sure to take along the bug repellent and be sure to bring along plenty of aluminum foil or saran wrap to cover up food items. Flies may also be referred to as little blitters and you will see most places have fly paper as well as fly swatters readily available.

Many Stockmen have found while working in the Bush that tying a cork from the brim of their hat and letting it bounce back and forth helps to deter flies from landing on them while keeping their hands free to do their work. This neat idea has also lead to an expression in the region. When referring to a person who is smart people will say that there are no flies on him.

While flies could be extremely bothersome and many individuals do not enjoy when they shoot down upon food, they actually do not present any major menace to man or other creatures. Some of the unusual breeds of flies in Australia do bite, particularly those encountered in swamplands, called sand flies as well as those encountered upon farms, called horse flies, however no damage will surface from these type of bites and a bit of eucalyptus oil will take the sting right out from a fly bite. Regrettably dealings with these little blitters is simply a part of the Australian experience and essentially needs to be stomached.

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