Our Chief Office Boy, my son Shannon, and his wife Edie are driving their Shitbox from Perth on 8th May travelling 5,150km to Sydney via Uluru on very little bitumen. They are team ...
How Important are Termites in Australia Anyway?
Thursday, November 29, 2018
This is an excerpt from “Colonies in Collision” A Concatenated Chronicle of Termites and Termiteers in Australia 1788 – 2018 by Doug Howick and Ion Staunton. You ...
Colonies Collide. A History of Termites in Australia
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
1788 – 1800 – Colonies Collide as Settlers Settle The soldier took the last morsel of the food that was offered and moved aside to allow the worker to pass. It was good to ...
Colonies In Collision
Monday, November 20, 2017
The inventor of TermiTraps and Tuckerbag Termite bait has just published a major history book on the Termite Wars since 1788. That’s when white colonists arrived in Sydney Cove a ...
It’s Not Just the Seasons Changing
Friday, September 1, 2017
You might have wrapped yourself in a warmed house, a heated car and some woolies during winter but what about the termites? Cold weather slows them but doesn’t stop them. Thi ...
Truth in Advertising
Friday, September 1, 2017
Let’s talk about the truth in advertising for a moment. Maybe we should ban adjectives – the words that colour our perceptions, that warm our feelings? While we’re at ...
Outsmarting Termites
Friday, September 1, 2017
Humans are Smarter Than Yermites…. . . . although to observe some people you begin to wonder, but humans have allocated themselves the title of the most intelligent species on th ...
An Inspection for the Cost of a Lamb Roast
Friday, September 1, 2017
The older I get, the more problem I have psyching myself up to inspect my home. And from plenty of experiences, I know how badly termites can damage houses; why not mine? It’ ...
Insurance
Friday, September 1, 2017
It was renewal time for the car insurance again recently. Like you, I don’t jump out of bed and think, “You beauty. I get to pay the insurance today” Each year the premiums a ...
This Won’t Make the News
Friday, September 1, 2017
Next time you watch the news on TV, count how many houses catch fire. And, after storms or heavy rain, how many homes were flooded. Fact: More homes are attacked and damaged by ter ...
