If anyone has any good tips on beating the midges, please share them!

I got absolutely devoured this weekend up by Loch Latrine (edit: Katrine) (completely forgot it was midge season, so I was unprepared).

  • Obi
    2·
    5 months ago

    I’ve not tried it myself but when researching stuff like this (mostly for my wife, she gets targeted) I saw a lot of people raving about these chemical disperser devices from Thermacells. They’re supposedly safe and pretty eco-friendly though personally I’m still having troubles believing that when talking about a device that clears all insects in a 15m radius within a few minutes and lasts for hours.

    • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
      2·
      5 months ago

      Thermacells are amazing, I live in Northern Australia in humid hot horrible places.

      When we go fishing we take one on the boat and it keeps them away.

      Now if they could make one for crocodiles too, then we would be set