Welcome to GN's,
Orana, you can buy 72inch wide fabric (nylon) netting, by the yard - Look up on FleaBay - Sew up a three sided "Annex" to attach to your awning with Velcro. Made one up for our camper trailer a few years ago - occasionally a bug gets in but this is Australia. Also moderates rain coming through unless very windy. Packs up to nothing stored in an old cushion cover.

Dougwe wrote:

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Welcome to the gang Orana, enjoy here and out in the playground.

I have one of these set up nearby, works a treat and cheap. I get mine form the big green shed plus refills. Also and as well even, if you look at the bottom of the jar it is OZ made. 

 

The other thing I have is an automatic outdoor bug spray set for every 40 seconds under the awning. Also works. I get the refills from the supermarket. Look for the cheaper refills as they door the same thing.  I have it aimed at the door so apart from me no other bugs get in the aluminium teepee when I open door.

 

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these things really work well, best when you buy them for all your neighbors then when they attract all the flies, they are a bit away from you, annoying them. if your out bush they tend to fill up quickly

When we had our soft floor camper we had the kitchen in the back tailgate area, so we had the annex up , and were fly and mossie free. we also had a covering flap under the tailgate to the ground joined to the rest of the tent.. I would never have another canvass hardfloor or soft floor unless we had an enclosed kitchen. That's where some of the early Australian Cub campers were better as had inside kitchens and fridges.

We sleep in the car most of the time as we are too lazy to put the tent up. Everything goes on the front seats, fridge on the passenger seat, & seats get pushed forward. About 20 minutes to arrange each way.

Put window socks on, close doors, fly swats at the ready.

One thing I noticed with flies. I was watching one day when one of those outdoor party BBQ's was going. You know, the slow cooked ro ast ones. The flies were buzzing around everywhere. Big noisy blowies.
Thinking to myself, you wouldn't get me to eat any of it, imagining the number of dead flies that would be in it.
When I looked closely at what was going on, I noticed that they never landed on the BBQ or the meat. Too hot? Made me a little happier but I still didn't eat with much enthusiasm.


This got me thinking about the coronavirus. How you say? Well, the govt has been touting cleanliness as being the best defence. Could I say that Australians have the best defences? Cleanlinless and a love of a bit of space between us and our neighbours.

Now, my family are good pioneer stock. For several generations living out in the harsh outback. I think I am 7th and there are 3 generations after me. Battling the worst conditions. Drought, Fire, flood, heat, dust, snakes... No doctors for miles, no convenience food, no electricity (my auntie still had none in the 70's) No sewerage. and no all the other things that we consider essential today.

One of the things my mother passed down. It became ingrained to wash you hands before eating. She had a certain paranoia about flies. She would have a fit if one got inside the house. Always took off shoes before going inside. Think of the chicken sh..t on them. Cleaning was a major task. Cleaning everything. No food was ever left uncovered. If you had been to town then before you did anything else you washed your hands when you came home. Thinking about it I still do this without thinking about it.

Interesting thought too about in my grandfathers house how the laundry, dunny, kitchen were all separate and at varying distances from the main house. I thought that they were just add ons or something maybe there was a method in their madness.

Anyway, due to my tough strong nagging mother, I can't ignore the lessons she taught us for survival living in the bush. Stay away from snakes!!!!

See link you may be able to get an Australian supplier. www.maleoar.com/products/anti-mosquito-pop-up-mesh-tent

you can buy outdoor fogger in a spray pack. The David Grays brand is best. give it a good spray around, may have to use it a couple of times. we use it all the time when stopping for lunch, gives you peace for awhile so we can eat with out them. we always carry a half dozen. also carry "fly strike powder" in a squeeze container, for the ants if needed at a camping spot over night, the ants are gone within half and hour, normally used for maggots on sheep.

To everyone who replied to my enquiry, my thanks. Apologies for not emailing earlier but have been in hospital for a few weeks and now home. Cheers.

Orana wrote:

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To everyone who replied to my enquiry, my thanks. Apologies for not emailing earlier but have been in hospital for a few weeks and now home. Cheers.

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 I've seen it or maybe something similar at a farmers market being used to keep flies off takeaway food stalls. They do seem to work as the flies don't like moving things. But these are pathetic Sydney flies, the bush flies will carry carry off this device.

If you want / need a break from flies it just will need to be an enclosure..... & an arsenal of weapons to disperse the remaining enemy infiltration!

 

Flyscreen enclosures don't take up much room, they are light weight & a couple of fly swats inside work. While setting up use a head fly net over a rimmed hat.

 

The tiny sand flies are even more of a nuisance as they have zero understanding of no, so get a finely woven fly screen so they don't get through the mesh.

I was at a Christmas Party and the hostess used a Mosquito net over the table. Worked a treat