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Terry Syd
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Sorry Matt, it was the 'Stinging tree' or Gympie Gympie. Here's a blurb on it -
Gympie Gympie: Once stung, never forgotten - Australian Geographic
I got whacked by one near Townsville. I thought I had been bit by something poisionous in the knee and hand.
If a Bull Ant bites you, it is instantaneous. You yelp, then jump back and look for that SOB and stomp his azz into the ground. Then for the next 10 minutes you stomp around in pain cursing and crushing any other Bull Ants that appear. The pain resolves to a discomfort and you go on your way.
The Stinging tree is subtle. You get hit, walk a few paces and the burning starts, then after 5 minutes of increasing pain you wonder if you should get to a doctor, it continues to get worse for about 30 minutes - that is a long 30 minutes of increasing pain, minute by minute - you wonder if the pain will ever top out. During that time your lymph nodes swell up so that, in my case, the nodes in my armpits and groin were affecting the use of my limbs, and I had a long way to walk to get back to civilisation.
I could still feel where I got hit six months later when I went into cool water.
Definitely not on the 'must do' list for Australian adventures.
Gympie Gympie: Once stung, never forgotten - Australian Geographic
I got whacked by one near Townsville. I thought I had been bit by something poisionous in the knee and hand.
If a Bull Ant bites you, it is instantaneous. You yelp, then jump back and look for that SOB and stomp his azz into the ground. Then for the next 10 minutes you stomp around in pain cursing and crushing any other Bull Ants that appear. The pain resolves to a discomfort and you go on your way.
The Stinging tree is subtle. You get hit, walk a few paces and the burning starts, then after 5 minutes of increasing pain you wonder if you should get to a doctor, it continues to get worse for about 30 minutes - that is a long 30 minutes of increasing pain, minute by minute - you wonder if the pain will ever top out. During that time your lymph nodes swell up so that, in my case, the nodes in my armpits and groin were affecting the use of my limbs, and I had a long way to walk to get back to civilisation.
I could still feel where I got hit six months later when I went into cool water.
Definitely not on the 'must do' list for Australian adventures.
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Another compelling reason not to live in the Tropical north :msp_ohmy:
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
I've got a book called "Parasite Rex" which is all about human parasites. Many people would be sh*t scared of the tropics after reading that book
Stihlman441
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Some of these 40 odd year old trees are quite sizeable. This is the 390XPG and 32" bar next to one of them. The XPG decided to die on me shortly after (fueling issue) so started using the pop upped 7900 again. As mentioned this thing is that close to the modded Husky 390's it's not funny. It was easily running a non skip semi chisel 32" bar with 7 pin rim buried in this relatively hard wood...
And cut and wedged ready to drop...
Messy...
And the first tree of the day - it wasn't that tall and was more of a shrub - still enough to jam my bar though. The wood in this particular Casuarina was very soft and despite being wedged it still managed to jam the bar - I removed the powerhead and later on recut another scarf above this one and felled it with the lean. Look at the crap in the clutch cover - it was absolutely rancid...
And the view on the way out of the row I was working on...
Slow going - in 5 hours I think I only dropped about 13-15 trees.
Also got some videos which I'll upload later on.
Ha champ i am thinking ya need a good 660 for those bigger stuff and the back cut looks a little low but wtf would i know ?.:msp_biggrin:
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
Nah don't need a 660. Be OK for just cutting the logs into firewood but balance is up the creek for this job
The power would be nice in a 390's body though. However I'm working on that and pretty sure my 390XPG will give that 660 a run for it's money soon. There's only 4cc difference Backcut was certainly a bit low on that one though Andrew (well spotted ya smarty!). Not a biggy though. Although I aim for the perfect cuts I've long since realised that slightly low or slightly high is OK. When you come in at the same level as the face and leave too little hinge is where the real trouble starts
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
David (saltas)
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The stinging tree has a heart shaped leaf the bit that does the stinging is tiny hollow spikes
Best way to get them out is stickying plaster
Cold helps, but a warm shower will remind you were you got hit
There is a "urban legend" at lavrack baracks that some marine whiped his arse with a leaf from a stinging tree up hear the tully jugnle training area and was never seen again.
Imagine you are riding your dirt bike quite fast on a old forestry logging road and you come round the corner and you hit a bit of wait a while. at speed it just peels the flesh of you kinda like a saw would
While this part looks bad enough
This bit that has hold of the bush tucker man id the most dangerous the layer cane is strong thin hard to see and has claws lik a cat all the way along this thin stem
I've got a book called "Parasite Rex" which is all about human parasites. Many people would be sh*t scared of the tropics after reading that book
dont be trash talking were I live :msp_angry: until You guys have been riding or fishing with me and a some mates.:msp_tongue:
promac850
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I have already decided I will not visit the tropics...
Especially after seeing the show 'Monsters inside me'
Sick bastards them parasites are...
Best way to avoid most parasites are to be sure food is cooked thoroughly... especially meat/poultry/seafood. There are lots of them in food in general, so undercooked stuff should be avoided.
Some just get into ya through the water, or simply soil.
Especially after seeing the show 'Monsters inside me'
Sick bastards them parasites are...
Best way to avoid most parasites are to be sure food is cooked thoroughly... especially meat/poultry/seafood. There are lots of them in food in general, so undercooked stuff should be avoided.
Some just get into ya through the water, or simply soil.
WKEND LUMBERJAK
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MYTH OR FACT old timers here usedto worm horses with plug tobacco.
parrisw
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Man all you Aussies. If it isn't the killer bugs, the dam plants will get ya! Your convincing me to never want to go there!
The worst thing I can think of that we got here as a plant is, Devil's Club, they are covered in spiny thorns that break off very easily and go right into your skin, then they fester up like crazy, you got to dig them out of your skin, they wont come out like a splinter. A guy at work hunts allot and fell off a log into a patch of it!! OUCH!
The worst thing I can think of that we got here as a plant is, Devil's Club, they are covered in spiny thorns that break off very easily and go right into your skin, then they fester up like crazy, you got to dig them out of your skin, they wont come out like a splinter. A guy at work hunts allot and fell off a log into a patch of it!! OUCH!
promac850
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Geez... that must explain why the Aussie land was used to hold prisoners way back when... all of those plants and #### probably killed more than a hand full of the original prisoner population down there.
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Oh don't be woos Will...........we'll give ya big stick to protect yourself.
You have to look at it on a positive side. Take a look at the king brown and tiger snakes. Some of the worlds most venomous and fastest. You get quite fit from them chasing you around all day, take Cathy Freeman the Aboriginal runner for instance.
Have a look at the Aboriginal dance, it's derived from a walkabout through a bullant nest.
parrisw
Tree Freak
LOL, that's pretty funny! Yes I'm a wuss, when it comes to creepy crawlies!
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
Well it looks as if my fellow Aussies have done the same for Australian Tourism as Hitler did for world peace
I'll be on Hamilton Island for a week in December. Is that tropical???
Anyway gents. I did a video up on Sunday night (a simple felling compilation) and uploaded it but AS looks to have been down for a day and a bit so couldn't link it.
Here she be...
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Nothing real fancy. I'll be back there again this Saturday to fell a few more but this depends on the wind. I pulled the pin on Sunday when this video was done as the wind was getting a bit too unpredictable. With canopies like these Casuarinas they really catch the wind and if you try to get too cocky you'll lose one for sure. The first three trees in the video that I dropped all together were felled into the wind - it wasn't easy getting that first one started. Winter is a funny time here and unlike in Summer when we nearly get 100% northerly direction winds in Winter they spin around all over the shop.
Andrew: The second tree in the video is the bigger one with the low backcut. The first tree was actually meant to knock it over and that particular bigger tree was meant to knock the tree over in the background. Plan failed as you can see The tree in the background was the heavy leaner with my 24" Pro Top stuck in it! I ended up felling that particular tree with it's lean back towards the camera. If you listen carefully at 0:47 you can hear me swear when I dead centred the leaner with the bigger tree yet it didn't fall over and release my bar/chain. Sorry about the language if you can hear it - I didn't realise it had come though on the audio until after I'd edited the video and uploaded it to Youtube. My apologies My failed plan with the leaner took another 1/2 hour to fix as after my failed domino attempt the area around my stuck bar was like a tree limb warzone.
I'll be on Hamilton Island for a week in December. Is that tropical???
Anyway gents. I did a video up on Sunday night (a simple felling compilation) and uploaded it but AS looks to have been down for a day and a bit so couldn't link it.
Here she be...
<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d2bsKV2ghCI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Nothing real fancy. I'll be back there again this Saturday to fell a few more but this depends on the wind. I pulled the pin on Sunday when this video was done as the wind was getting a bit too unpredictable. With canopies like these Casuarinas they really catch the wind and if you try to get too cocky you'll lose one for sure. The first three trees in the video that I dropped all together were felled into the wind - it wasn't easy getting that first one started. Winter is a funny time here and unlike in Summer when we nearly get 100% northerly direction winds in Winter they spin around all over the shop.
Andrew: The second tree in the video is the bigger one with the low backcut. The first tree was actually meant to knock it over and that particular bigger tree was meant to knock the tree over in the background. Plan failed as you can see
The tree in the background was the heavy leaner with my 24" Pro Top stuck in it! I ended up felling that particular tree with it's lean back towards the camera. If you listen carefully at 0:47 you can hear me swear when I dead centred the leaner with the bigger tree yet it didn't fall over and release my bar/chain. Sorry about the language if you can hear it - I didn't realise it had come though on the audio until after I'd edited the video and uploaded it to Youtube. My apologies My failed plan with the leaner took another 1/2 hour to fix as after my failed domino attempt the area around my stuck bar was like a tree limb warzone.
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Stihlman441
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Looks like your having fun there champ,do you feel bad when they pay you for doing that.:msp_biggrin:
