"If you are going to be in the..." Australia and Oceania Warnings Or Dangers Tip by Karing

If you are going to be in the Australian outback, a fly net is not a bad thing---regardless of how dorky you look with it on. It beats shooing hundreds of flies from your face or worse swallowing one. Maybe it was the time of year I was there (early Oct), but the flies were rather thick in some areas. Someone would pass me and their back was covered with flies. Ugh!

Watch out for snakes also. I freaked out the guide on a 3-day camping trip when I told him that I saw a snake while we were picking up firewood. He kept repeating that Oz has 7 of the 10 most deadly snakes in the world. Okay from what I could see (just the middle) it did sort of look like a brown snake, but it wasn't like I stopped to pet it. For once I didn't even snap a photo (too hard to do when collecting firewood).