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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
I just heard on the news that the flooded areas are suffering from an influx of snakes and crocodiles...yikes!
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Oh yeah, the crocs love it when the floods come! All the young males head out to look for new territories of their own. They can travel really long distances in the water. There are confirmed stories of crocs having swum as far as various pacific islands a long way off the Australian coast.
Snakes, meh. Snakes are a part of life here. There are snakes capable of killing you in lots of suburban back yards all over Australia. Most aren't aggressive.
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The moral of the story is: -
Don't build your home on a floodplain, no matter how cheap the land - unless you build it on stilts
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Very true. Still, the flood levels are so high in some parts of Queensland that even the houses on stilts are facing inundation. Farming on a floodplain might be very productive but you should build your dwelling on the highest point of land possible in a flood prone area.