To see Brandt gazing at the walls of the caravan doesn't mean that he is admiring our "home" rather he is looking to see if there are any ants and if so where their trail is. We have an outright war on them. So far they have not infested any food, but we see some scampering across the floor, the ceiling, the walls. They sometimes drop from above and begin scampering across my arm. I think we are winning!
The other main pest has been the flies. All windows and the door have screens so once I locked up all exits, sprayed heavily inside, and left them to it for a half hour or so, we have been free of them in the van, that is until someone leaves the door open! We have two fly swats and our aim is pretty good so one or two we can cope with.
While at Wivenhoe dam there were lots of insects flying around at night. They gathered under the awning and subsequently got trapped. Hence the following photos:
Neighbors thought I was finding the Australian heat too much to bear. No! I thought swimming togs would be better to get wet than my day wear. The water ran down the broom handle and down my arm. I did get quite wet. Using a collapsable bucket for the soapy water meant I nearly lost the contents once. Soon learned to be gentle when getting more water on the broom. And yes, the under side of the awning is sparkling clean again.
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