Spring - Hayfever Season

[Neferti]

Cue the hay fever as lawn mowing season starts up in the ACT

“Spring is in the air” is really just another way of saying “hay fever” is in the air.

Canberra’s bumper pollen season is about to get worse as the ACT Government rips the dust covers off the lawnmower fleet and revs them into action for a bumper grass season.

ACT Minister for Transport and City Services Chris Steel said even a pandemic won’t stop the big spring growth we are expecting this year after a very wet winter.

“Getting mowing underway is an essential service priority,” Minister Steel said.

The crews will be working over the next few weeks to mow priority areas across the city, including around roadside intersections where long growth can quickly turn into a dangerous visibility issue for drivers.

“We will also be mowing the irrigated parks around town at staggered times and ACT Government sportsgrounds, which are seeing extra traffic at the moment with more Canberrans doing individual exercise outside.”

Once the lockdown period ends, the ACT Government will take a staged approach to ramping up normal mowing operations as more teams return to work.
Canberra has the highest rate of hay fever of any city in Australia, with one in three people in the capital suffering from some form of allergic rhinitis. We have had two extreme pollen events already and experts say the way is paved for a congested spring.

Meanwhile, the rain has also been seeping through cracks in road surfaces across the ACT, eroding the base pavement and forming potholes.

https://the-riotact.com/cue-the-hay-fev ... act/491924

[Black Orchid]

I don't get hayfever touch wood. Or if I do it's so mild I don't notice it.

[Neferti]

I don't get hayfever touch wood. Or if I do it's so mild I don't notice it.

I didn't get hayfever in Melbourne or Sydney when I lived there but I do in Canberra ........

[Super Nova]

When I land in Aus I get immediate hay fever attacks.

I have found the pills that work for me.

[Gordon]

I don't get hayfever, but one thing that kills me is the place tree seed pods. A couple of times I've inhaled them and thought I'd choke.

[Valkie]

I have hayfever in summer, winter autumn and spring.

Anything sets the bloody thing off.

Pain in the a

[Neferti]

I don't get hayfever, but one thing that kills me is the place tree seed pods. A couple of times I've inhaled them and thought I'd choke.

What do they look like?

[Gordon]

I don't get hayfever, but one thing that kills me is the place tree seed pods. A couple of times I've inhaled them and thought I'd choke.

What do they look like?

Ooops typo, PLANE trees.

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[Neferti]

Conkers?

[Redneck]

I actually think I have hay fever as I have had an annoying all day runny nose for days!

I thought it related to my being on the CPAP machine for sleep apnea but now realised it is something else !