I'm from Taree in NSW and I've visited a few places around the hood, such as Ellenborough Falls and Barrington Tops. On a couple of occasions I went bushwalking and was attacked by leeches. They were everywhere... in the streams, on the walking tracks, hiding under leaves and rocks, waiting to pounce. One time I got home and found one on my back under my shirt, and another in my shoe. Eeeek! So I'm wondering if leech attacks are par for the course while panning creeks and other wet areas. I can't stand the buggers.
Leech bites and allergic reactions
- Thread starter garykelly
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Was up on Brown Mountain Trout fishing once.
Wondered where the quite rustling on the ground was comeing from.
A stampede of black leeches fair plowing through the scrub to get to me. 8)
The Leeches won.
I took off.
Wondered where the quite rustling on the ground was comeing from.
A stampede of black leeches fair plowing through the scrub to get to me. 8)
The Leeches won.
I took off.
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Yeah they are pretty thick and gross in places in around streams and wet leafy rain forests. I had over 100+ leaches drop in my shoes one hike not to mention plenty more on my neck and legs. Got some carnage pics of my feet in a pool of blood. yuck! I now wear tall gum boots in leach infested areas and spray them down good with bushman repellant. Works a treat but sometimes the suckers will still get a hold of you when brushing against branches etc..
G
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Part and parcel, just think of them as slimy mozzies that itch for 10 times longer. hahaha
its all about perspective i suppose
rather 100 leeches in my boots than one brown snake nibbling my toe
rather 100 leeches in my boots than one brown snake nibbling my toe
G
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Whats he need a ladder for? hahahaha
Balx said:
I was sitting behind him at the lights this morning and had those exact thoughts.
maybe he does a bit of work at Taronga with the giraffes ? 8)
just dont ask where he puts the leech
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BUGGA paying to get sucked dry by the slimy little critters. that is the ''ladder '' of sucksess. :lol:
Goldtarget
(AKA OldGT)
Again I'm laughing loud enough the neighbors will wake. Crack up.
HeadsUp said:
Might call them and see how much they will pay for Leeches, could be money in this, prospecting for Leeches, hmmm who's gonna be the bait.
Thought I'd just add to the convo, I come across soo many leeches that I had to look up leech removal on google. I dont know how many of you know this, but most the old techniques on leech removal dont work. Putting salt on them, pulling them or burning them with fire will always end up with the leech vomiting its infectious goo into your skin. I read ( and I use this technique ) that the best way to remove them is in one swift movement, getting a fingernail under their mouth and scraping them off. You have to do it quick so it doesnt have the time to grab onto you again.
kawman
steve wardle
Life savers wear pantihoes to stop bluebottle stings ect... I wonder if they will stop leaches in their tracks???
My "GOD" hose pantyhoes must be painful to swim and run in??? 8.( 8.(
Thanks for all the replies. Seems like I'll have to restrict fossicking to leechless territory or stock up on Bushmans and gum boots. I think my most satisfying experience was discovering a bloated leech on the floor of my car (near the accelerator pedal) and flicking it out the door onto a hot dirt road. Watching it writhe in the hot dust was delicious revenge.
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A couple of years ago I was up the top end of Big River busting for a crap and was hanging on so long I was getting the shakes, decided I had to go now or crap me daks so ran off behind some bushes beside a small creek in the shade and just as I dropped my daks and started to squat I noticed the ground was moving, literally moving with thousands of small leeches, WTF, so the daks came back up and I ran as fast as I could and headed for a sunnier spot about 40 meters away, it was the fastest dump I'd ever taken then spent the next 20 mins at the car checking for leeches, never seen it before and hope to never see it again.
In all my years of fishing I'd never really given them much thought up until then............yuk :|
In all my years of fishing I'd never really given them much thought up until then............yuk :|
Back when I was a kid(teenager) I went to bed one night after an avo mucking around in the bush. I thought I had a big zit coming up on my forehead, so I kept squeezing it up during the night. In the morning I bolted into the bathroom to pop the now massive lump on my scone only to see an egg where my forehead used to be and a paralysis tick in the middle of it - lesson learnt.
