Comments on: First Night in the Blue Mountains http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/ General Musings Of A Tree Spirit Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:47:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Alex Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:19:48 +0000 http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/#comment-105 Mum (and anyone else) if you want to print any of the pics from this site please email me and I will email you the originals - the ones you view here have been vastly reduced in size and quality so they load quickly and, for people with monthly download limits, are a lot smaller in size etc etc. Mum (and anyone else) if you want to print any of the pics from this site please email me and I will email you the originals – the ones you view here have been vastly reduced in size and quality so they load quickly and, for people with monthly download limits, are a lot smaller in size etc etc.

]]> By: Mum http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Mum Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:04:49 +0000 http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/#comment-104 1 April '08 Watch your bum on the dunny! Redbacks ahoy. Nice pics will print some off asap. Glad you enjoyed yourselves keep the interesting news coming. Love Mum & Ken 1 April ’08

Watch your bum on the dunny! Redbacks ahoy. Nice pics will print some off asap.
Glad you enjoyed yourselves keep the interesting news coming.

Love Mum & Ken

]]> By: Alex http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Alex Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:52:53 +0000 http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/#comment-103 Funny you should mention the coke cans - yes, I didn't actually notice until Mat pointed it out to me on our campng trip (sometimes my lack of observance even surprises myself) but coke cans over here are 375ml instead of UK standard 330ml. I'm not sure if this applies to all cans but we will make a point of looking. As for the Redback spider, it is potentially deadly, especially for young children or the elderly but from what I can gather from various websites, not all bites deliver venom and when they do the venom can be delivered in varying quantities. This means the effects can be anything from localised pain and sweating which doesn't always require antivenom to severe pain, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, fever etc. which is treated very effectively with antivenom. It seems their deadly reputation is far worse than the reality but one should treat them with respect and always seek medical attention if a bite is suspected. Funny you should mention the coke cans – yes, I didn’t actually notice until Mat pointed it out to me on our campng trip (sometimes my lack of observance even surprises myself) but coke cans over here are 375ml instead of UK standard 330ml. I’m not sure if this applies to all cans but we will make a point of looking.

As for the Redback spider, it is potentially deadly, especially for young children or the elderly but from what I can gather from various websites, not all bites deliver venom and when they do the venom can be delivered in varying quantities. This means the effects can be anything from localised pain and sweating which doesn’t always require antivenom to severe pain, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, fever etc. which is treated very effectively with antivenom. It seems their deadly reputation is far worse than the reality but one should treat them with respect and always seek medical attention if a bite is suspected.

]]> By: ChrisM http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-102 ChrisM Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:31:45 +0000 http://www.dryadmusings.com/2008/03/28/first-night-in-the-blue-mountains/#comment-102 Those coke cans look big - do they sell them in something other than 330ml? Also, the red back spider in the last post, is that a nice cute spider, or one that kills a grown man in 15 minutes :) ? Those coke cans look big – do they sell them in something other than 330ml?
Also, the red back spider in the last post, is that a nice cute spider, or one that kills a grown man in 15 minutes :) ?

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