“There’s a perception out there [that] if you’re wearing a fly net, you’re a bit of a weak bugger.” 

Said Jarrod Walker, whose town – Gascoyne Junction, which is about 1,000km north of Perth – has been inundated with an unseasonal bush fly plague. He reckons even hardened pastoralists are donning fly nets to go outside. Better to swallow your pride than a fly…