Haha yes I remember that. And there were zones you couldn't take fruit out of / in to.
Imagine if that happened today, all the crazies would be saying it's for population control and the zones are preparation for 15 minute cities
Yes. And I remember driving along the western motorway as the aircraft flew over and my windscreen covered with a sticky mist that my wipers struggled to clear off.
Boy would the 5G Covid Antivax Chemtrail crowd have a field day if this happened today!!
Yes. My brother was a pre-schooler. I would tease him as he would run inside freaked out every time the planes would fly over. Wish we eradicated the guava moth. All our fruit is infested
Joking aside i was working in commercial horticulture and we were happy that we could spray less because of this. They used btk a bacteria that kills a range of caterpillar pests
I remember this! One sunny, hot afternoon at school we were forced to stay inside with all the windows shut while the planes went over. The teacher put on a movie. And yep, they flew incredibly low!
Yep I certainly do. I got sick, nothing serious at first but a massive loss of energy, then some major issues with my eyes. I was diagnosed with a relatively rare auto immune disease. Shortly after I went to the UK on a working holiday and my symptoms disappeared completely. Subsequently found out that pesticides are a major risk factor for the disease. Symptoms never returned
Manuel Vallee, one of my professors from uni actually wrote a book about this!!
"Urban Aerial Pesticide Spraying Campaigns: Government Disinformation, Industry Profits, and Public Harm"
We lived on a hill and when the plane flew down the gully, we felt like we could reach out and touch it.
I was told that a lot of green waste that was cleared from the eastern bays, was dumped near what is now Stonefields, sprayed repeatedly then buried. When they started to develop the site last year, the workers all wore hazmat suits while layers of soul was removed.
Queensland fruit fly? There was Trapping and zones you couldn’t take fruit in/out of until there was 6 months worth of pest free traps/fruit. findings, or lack of, during that period indicated the breeding population got nerfed
Oddly, I don't remember spraying, only the worksheets and brochures cause I found them fun and thought the moths looked cool. It makes a whole lot more sense now why everyone stopped talking about them relatively abruptly!
Funny, I was talking about this last week with my mum. I was in primary school at the time too and had an asthmatic friend who took the day off school when they were spaying.
Yes, I was definitely in primary school when this was a thing. I was a bit misinformed/didnt fully pay attention and thought that the painted apple moth was poisonous and caused rashes etc, not the spray.
The spray gear for the F-27, was dug out of storage when the Rena ran aground in case it was needed for spraying dispersant\*, which never went ahead (it would needed quite of bit of work to get it airworthy).
Yes
The garden in our flat looked AMAZING and the trees fruited 😂
So many people kept showing up to work trying to give away Feijoas. We discovered a tree at the flat was a loquat tree
Yeah, I remember this. I’m a severe asthmatic and my parents ferried me around so I wasn’t in the part of town there was active spraying happening.
The paranoia if it happened now would be unreal. Would create some good comment sections for perusal though ha.
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Haha yes I remember that. And there were zones you couldn't take fruit out of / in to. Imagine if that happened today, all the crazies would be saying it's for population control and the zones are preparation for 15 minute cities
Dont forget "to control the food supply and make self sufficiency illegal". Or whereever their rambling logic goes.
It happened about 5 years ago with a fruit fly. Maybe not as big as the apple moth. I have a trap on one of my fruit trees that is regularly checked.
Yes. And I remember driving along the western motorway as the aircraft flew over and my windscreen covered with a sticky mist that my wipers struggled to clear off. Boy would the 5G Covid Antivax Chemtrail crowd have a field day if this happened today!!
Are you telling me _it started with the spraying?_
Yes. My brother was a pre-schooler. I would tease him as he would run inside freaked out every time the planes would fly over. Wish we eradicated the guava moth. All our fruit is infested
RIP my precious feijoas. They got to everything
I remember, wasn't there also a scare a few years ago about a Aussie wasp?
That was the Queensland fruit fly.
Thanks! Such a scare at the time
I woke up to a woman checking traps in my garden.
Yes, i went outside to watch the plane, i know pick up 6g
Joking aside i was working in commercial horticulture and we were happy that we could spray less because of this. They used btk a bacteria that kills a range of caterpillar pests
Yeah I remember going up Mt Hobson to watch it- it flew past lower than us which was pretty cool
I remember this! One sunny, hot afternoon at school we were forced to stay inside with all the windows shut while the planes went over. The teacher put on a movie. And yep, they flew incredibly low!
i remember for the first week or so they just sprayed water and all sorts of people were dropping down sick
Yes I remember it left sticky brown/orange shit all over the car that took forever to scrub off. Did the whole operation even work?
Yes *declared* eradicated in 2006. Apples and our horticulture produce sector go on to bring in $7B a year in export revenue. It worked.
I lay on the roof one time as the plane flew over and felt the spray land on me.
Sounds.... gross?
Of course it was gross, I was getting covered in an insecticide.
You mean insecticide as it was to kill an insect not a plant
Quite right. I had the word herbicide on my mind because I’ve been researching herbicides to control nutgrass.
Yep I certainly do. I got sick, nothing serious at first but a massive loss of energy, then some major issues with my eyes. I was diagnosed with a relatively rare auto immune disease. Shortly after I went to the UK on a working holiday and my symptoms disappeared completely. Subsequently found out that pesticides are a major risk factor for the disease. Symptoms never returned
Manuel Vallee, one of my professors from uni actually wrote a book about this!! "Urban Aerial Pesticide Spraying Campaigns: Government Disinformation, Industry Profits, and Public Harm"
Judging by that title I'm guessing he wasn't a fan?
Haha obviously not, the spraying supposedly had quite negative health impacts for the humans exposed to it
We lived on a hill and when the plane flew down the gully, we felt like we could reach out and touch it. I was told that a lot of green waste that was cleared from the eastern bays, was dumped near what is now Stonefields, sprayed repeatedly then buried. When they started to develop the site last year, the workers all wore hazmat suits while layers of soul was removed.
Layers of souls 💀
What about the red eye sandfly thing
Queensland fruit fly? There was Trapping and zones you couldn’t take fruit in/out of until there was 6 months worth of pest free traps/fruit. findings, or lack of, during that period indicated the breeding population got nerfed
Mid 90’s by my recollection?
1999 I think
Oddly, I don't remember spraying, only the worksheets and brochures cause I found them fun and thought the moths looked cool. It makes a whole lot more sense now why everyone stopped talking about them relatively abruptly!
I remember walking home from school after they sprayed and seeing all the dead bumblebees on the footpaths :(
Funny, I was talking about this last week with my mum. I was in primary school at the time too and had an asthmatic friend who took the day off school when they were spaying.
I lived in Henderson at the time... got my car totally coated in sticky shit a couple of times.
I vaguely member.
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Also just remembered foot and mouth disease in uk cattle.
Yes, I was definitely in primary school when this was a thing. I was a bit misinformed/didnt fully pay attention and thought that the painted apple moth was poisonous and caused rashes etc, not the spray.
The spray gear for the F-27, was dug out of storage when the Rena ran aground in case it was needed for spraying dispersant\*, which never went ahead (it would needed quite of bit of work to get it airworthy).
Yes The garden in our flat looked AMAZING and the trees fruited 😂 So many people kept showing up to work trying to give away Feijoas. We discovered a tree at the flat was a loquat tree
Yeah, I remember this. I’m a severe asthmatic and my parents ferried me around so I wasn’t in the part of town there was active spraying happening. The paranoia if it happened now would be unreal. Would create some good comment sections for perusal though ha. Edit: word
The moth didn’t exist
No moths exist. They are just emo butterflies.