Chambers Pillar & Mice

Submitted: Monday, May 02, 2011 at 09:47

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Col WA

High all if your going to Chambers Pillar soon best be taking a few mouse traps.
Talked to a bloke who had just come back after easter weekend, he said there are thousands of mice there, said he had to tuck his jeans into his socks to stop them running up his legs lol.
Col

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Reply By: pmk03 - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 11:01

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 11:01

Was there a week prior to easter & there were quite a few mice there then. At night they were running up the sides of our tent. It was more amusing than it was a problem. Stiill a great place to visit.
Just a note there were also a lot of mice & rats at Haillgan Bay on lake Eyre.
I guess all the rain has brought them out.
PMK

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Follow Up By: Col WA - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 14:02

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 14:02

Hi PMK
He said that he stepped on heaps just around the camp site there were that many. He also said like you that they where running all over there campers and tents.
Col

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Follow Up By: pmk03 - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 14:36

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 14:36

Sounds like its got worse from when we were there....... Also sounds like there's more to come........
PMK

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Reply By: Olsen's 4WD Tours and Training - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 11:04

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 11:04

I don't think they would be mice as such. More likely

http://www.flickr.com/photos/centralaustralia/2777957326/ orhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/366747/marsupial-mouse

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Follow Up By: Olsen's 4WD Tours and Training - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 11:06

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 11:06

But I guess anything is possible- the feral cat there will be even fatter now

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Follow Up By: Hairy (WA) - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 11:50

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 11:50

and followed up by a big snake season too.......

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Follow Up By: pmk03 - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 14:42

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 14:42

"Mice" was a generalisation, You may be correct. I wouldn't know myself....
At Halligan Bay there were thousands dead ones around the waters edge, along with lots of fish too. I guess someone may me able to identify them form that..
PMK

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Follow Up By: get outmore - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 15:09

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 15:09

why would you get a big snake season?

snakes only breed one a year, take years to grow and juvinilles and eggs would more likely be mouse food

despite popular myth snakes are not a seasonal animal breeding up in good times and dying off when it gets tough like budgies and mice etc

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Reply By: patsproule - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 12:50

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 12:50

We are being hammered by the mice here in Wagga at the moment, and it is set to get worse in the next few weeks. They have caused $45,000 damage to our studios so far. We're catching 15 or so a night - would be more but we need more traps.

Pat

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Follow Up By: get outmore - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 15:11

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 15:11

bucket of water (large) 2 broom sticks either end going from the ground and dangling over the bucket

put smooth plastic jars on the ends of the broom stick and smother the end with peanut butter

mouse gos up the brromstick for the peanut butter walks on the jar slips off into the water

- will kill them all night long

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Follow Up By: Begaboy - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 18:28

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 18:28

We are seeing a large increase in mice numbers also here in bega - when traveling home from work at night , i see large quantities running on the rural roads - would not dare to estimate home many i kill on my journey home each night ...

BB

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Reply By: jothefw - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 13:35

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 13:35

It's a nightmare out and about in Victoria too. We have a stop over in the Sunset Country Park, at the Pink Lakes but ended up packing up at midnight and heading home. They were through everything!

Probably would've stuck it out to morning if we'd been further away from home!

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Follow Up By: Member - Sheepie (NSW) - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 19:27

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 19:27

Just back from a week in Murray Sunset NP and Wyperfeld - no sign of mice there, but plenty at the Rankins Springs Caravan Park on the way back to Sydney! :(

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Reply By: On Patrol & TONI - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 15:38

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 15:38

we have just come across NSW, up through SA (Flinders Ranges) The centre including Ularu, Alice and up to Darwin and as far north as Tennant Creek we saw mouse plauges all the way, further north I think the record wet has stopped them getting out of hand IMHO.

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Follow Up By: mullyman - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 18:06

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 18:06

Mice will chew holes in canvas. I speak from experience. Cheers Phil.

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Reply By: Member - Rod D (VIC) - Monday, May 02, 2011 at 20:49

Monday, May 02, 2011 at 20:49

We camped at Henbury Meteorite craters last week between Stuarts Well and Erldunda and the just on dark the ground was thick with them.

Had them scurrying over the swags all night.

Made for a camp I wont forget in a hurry

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Reply By: Curlynan - Thursday, May 05, 2011 at 22:16

Thursday, May 05, 2011 at 22:16

Went out to Chambers Pillar today (5th May). We would have been lucky to have seen 20 mice and that includes the ones running across the road between Alice and the Pillar. They must have moved camp.
:)

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