Bees – 6; Puniho Holes - 0

Sharon, Hilary, Newton, Neil & Jacqui made an executive decision on Sunday – the Puniho holes are officially lost to KOPAC. After 4 hours of clambering through supple jack, around tree falls and over rotten logs not one hole was discovered. Even the addition of a fancy new high sensitivity GPS to the arsenal was not enough to local these mysterious holes. That, coupled with the fact that 20 years of leaf mould and rain post Cyclone Bola has probably filled them up, meant that every small hollow that was investigated proved a dud. Our greatest success was to find the tape that we put out a couple of years ago to mark the previous 'could be here' location. Anyway, a great workout in some spectacular bush on a really hot day.

And the bees….. well, Jacqui disturbed the nest, Hilary sneaked through while they were getting organised, Sharon got the first sting, followed by Newton with one more, and Neil got the full on attack with 4. Doesn’t pay to be at the back of the line when a nest is disturbed! So after Sharon dispensed the required drugs we commiserated with a stroll to the old lookout to stretch our legs and help the venom race around our blood streams.