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The Bundaberg ground, from the inland towns to the coast

Bundaberg Regional Council notes that Aedes aegypti has been recorded in both Gin Gin and Childers; Business Queensland records the West Indian drywood termite in Bundaberg.

General information from Bundaberg Regional Council and the Queensland Government; not advice for your property.

The Bundaberg region's places set along one line of longitude, from 151° 55′ E in the west to 152° 30′ E, past the coast at Bargara: Gin Gin and Childers, both with Aedes aegypti recorded; Bundaberg, with the West Indian drywood termite recorded; and Bargara, the coast. The fire ant line runs above the places, and the licence rule runs under them. Business Queensland: fire ant biosecurity zones are in place in parts of Queensland Within 24 hours of a sighting, call 13 22 68: outbreak.gov.au 151° 55′ E 152° 00′ E 152° 05′ E 152° 10′ E 152° 15′ E 152° 20′ E 152° 25′ E 152° 30′ E east Gin Gin: the dengue mosquito. GIN GIN the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti has been found here, the council records. Bundaberg Regional Council Childers: the dengue mosquito. CHILDERS the dengue mosquito Childers too, same council record. Bundaberg Regional Council Bundaberg: the West Indian drywood termite. BUNDABERG the West Indian drywood termite It is present in Bundaberg, the department records. Look for frass that feels gritty, like sand, under holes that may be 1 mm wide, says CSIRO. Business Queensland and CSIRO Bargara: the coast. BARGARA the coast Under every place: a person must not offer pest management work for a pest management business unless they, or someone they employ to do it, hold a licence, and a licensed technician gives you a notice before and advice after.
The same line of longitude stood upright, west at the top and the coast at the bottom, with Gin Gin, Childers, Bundaberg and Bargara at their own longitudes down the column, the line broken between Gin Gin and Childers, each with its name beside the line and its pest named beside it where it has one. The fire ant line runs above, and the licence rule runs under the places. Business Queensland: fire ant biosecurity zones are in place in parts of Queensland Within 24 hours of a sighting, call 13 22 68: outbreak.gov.au west 151° 55′ E 152° 25′ E the gap is not to scale Gin Gin: the dengue mosquito. GIN GIN 151° 57′ 21″ E the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti has been found here, the council records. Bundaberg Regional Council Childers: the dengue mosquito. CHILDERS 152° 16′ 39″ E the dengue mosquito Childers too, same council record. Bundaberg Regional Council Bundaberg: the West Indian drywood termite. BUNDABERG 152° 20′ 58″ E the West Indian drywood termite It is present in Bundaberg, the department records. Look for frass that feels gritty, like sand, under holes that may be 1 mm wide, says CSIRO. Business Queensland and CSIRO Bargara: the coast. BARGARA 152° 27′ 45″ E the coast Under every place: a person must not offer pest management work for a pest management business unless they, or someone they employ to do it, hold a licence, and a licensed technician gives you a notice before and advice after.

What is found where

  1. Place 1 of 3

    Gin Gin: the dengue mosquito

    The council's public health page notes that Aedes aegypti has been recorded in both Gin Gin and Childers, and that it can transmit dengue fever only after biting someone who currently has the disease.

  2. Place 2 of 3

    Childers: the dengue mosquito

    The same council sentence records Aedes aegypti at Childers as well. The dengue guide sets out the weekly routine the council asks of households.

  3. Place 3 of 3

    Bundaberg: the drywood termite in the frame

    A timber pest that Business Queensland describes as extremely destructive and difficult to detect and identify, recorded as present in Bundaberg, and what to look for in the frame of a house.

  4. Queensland

    Hiring a pest technician in Bundaberg

    The Queensland rule on who may offer pest management work, and the two notices a licensed technician must put in writing for you, one before the work and one after it.

  5. Wide Bay

    Fire ants and the Wide Bay

    Fire ants are a category 1 restricted pest under the Biosecurity Act 2014. A sighting is reported to the national program on 13 22 68 within 24 hours of it.

  6. The whole region

    Which animals must be reported, and which need a permit

    Bundaberg Regional Council's pest animals page sets out the animals it classes under the Biosecurity Act 2014, the sightings that must reach Biosecurity Queensland inside 24 hours, and the deer a fence takes off the list.

What the law gives you, at any ground

Queensland Health's page for pest management technicians says: “A pest management activity (which includes a pest control activity and a fumigation activity) using a pesticide or a fumigant must only be undertaken by a person who holds a current pest management licence”. The Act's offences are written for people who carry out or offer that work; this page does not cover a householder's own use of a product bought off the shelf, which follows its label.

Before the treatment

  • Before starting a pest control activity at your place, a licensed technician must give you a notice, called a pre-treatment pest control advice.
  • Ask to see the licence: a current Queensland licence is a photographic card stating the technician's name, licence number, dates of issue and expiry, and the activity they are licensed to carry out.
  • If the work involves termites, ask for the Queensland Building and Construction Commission licence as well.
  • At a high-risk or sensitive place, no pest control activity against urban pests (such as ants, cockroaches, mice, rats and spiders) may start for a customer until an activity risk management plan has been prepared for it.

After the treatment

  • It is a legal requirement for a pest management technician to provide you with pest control advice that states the name and the active constituent of each pesticide used for the activity.
  • The post-treatment pest control advice must be dated and signed by the licensed technician.
  • The notice is given before the technician leaves, if the place is occupied, or within 24 hours of leaving if it is not.
  • Fumigation is treated more strictly again: an activity risk management plan is required before a fumigation activity at any location.

Rats and mice at a property

Bundaberg Regional Council's public health page gives advice on controlling rats or mice on private property, and records that poison baits and traps are among the methods that can stop a rat or mice infestation. Its two lines for prevention are to pest proof the property and to limit access to food.

If you think rats or mice are living on your property, or you are still struggling to reduce them, the council asks you to phone Council on 1300 883 699.

For baits and traps, the council's own instruction is to follow the safety instructions on the packet and to keep them out of reach of children or pets. It also notes that lockable stations and humane traps, available from some retail outlets, pose less risk to children and pets than poison baits do.

Poisons, bites and stings

The Queensland Poisons Information Centre gives fast poisoning advice, day or night, on 13 11 26, from anywhere in Australia. Its first aid page says, in its own words: “Call Triple Zero (000) if someone has collapsed or isn't breathing. Otherwise, call us on 13 11 26 for advice.”

Queensland Health's bites and stings page says: “If you have any concerns with level of consciousness or breathing call 000 immediately.” Its help line for a bite or a sting is 13 HEALTH, on 13 43 25 84.

For queries or complaints about local mosquito control, Queensland Health's dengue page directs you to your local council. The same page says, plainly: “See a doctor immediately if you or anyone in your family have symptoms of dengue.”