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Being outdoors in Australia has certain charms and certain faults, expecially in the warmer weather.  It’s lovely and warm in the sun (perhaps a little too warm if you spend more than a few hours in it), not too bad in the shade, the scenery in the countryside is not to shabby and it’s genuinely very peaceful.

The downsides of the Australian climate is the vast number of creepy crawlies that want to bite you, many of which are poisonous.  Biting flies, ants, mosquitoes and other insects in addition to all our infamous snakes. These local residents can make doing sterile surgery “In the field” somewhat less than ideal. [Read more →]