bonetree

lice? how can a suburb have lice. i saw a few cane toads once there too.

I wouldnt trust this reviewer's comments. For one, with the major rain we had recently, I noticed very little flooding. The occasional water across the road which was so slight you could still drive through. Ticks and lice, I have not come across. Spiders yes, but I've never lived in a place where you don't get spiders. Rude and unfriendly, sounds like the reviewer because I have not come across anyone. As for overpriced, although I consider everywhere overprice, you need to compare this with other suburbs of Brisbane.

I am not sure what part of Arana Hills does this person live in but in my part of Arana Hills I didn't even know there were floods in Brisbane until I turned on the tv, the creek was swollen but nothing to talk about. And ticks and lice and spiders? - perhaps you should spend at least a few hours a week to clean your house. The Arana Hills I know is a good area, lots of parks around, my place is walking distance to a creek where I can take my dog and listen to the song of Bell birds, quiet neighbours and lots of facilies (doctors, dentists, restaurants, video stores, takeaways, small shopping centre and anything else you need). The train is walking distance away and there are few schools around too. Suitable for families and there are also a lot of elders living in this area.

I dont agree. Recently when Brisbane and 3/4 of the state of QLD flooded, Arana hills remained dry. I have never seen lice anywhere except in a cheap overseas motel. I suggest lice would specific to that home only. Cane toads are around expecially during summer rains. Considering prices in the surrounding suburbs of Bridgeman downs and Chermside for example, Arana hills is very affordable.

Sorry bonetree, absolute rubbish review! Have lived in Ferny Hills most of my life and been in and out of Arana Hills, where are the drunken lunatics? there is only the Arana Hills Leagues Club???? this place did not flood during the last Brisbane floods and most places have ticks, lice and spiders. Seems to me, you didn't keep your house clean???? People are friendly, not rude. Don't listen to this reviewer........

Was considering Arana Hills, but this review has put me off. Is it really true?

All leafy areas in Brisbane has ticks. They cost up to $3000 to treat. See your vet or pet store to purchase tick collars and preventative drops. Do not buy these without advice as some drops and collars aren't compatible and will poison your dog or mog. Finally take out insurance with pet plan as they're the only insurer that covers paralysis tick. They live in long grass and vegetation. Keep dog out of vegetation and check them daily. Cost of treatment is horrendous and they'll die without it. Partner spent $4500 last year on bills when his cat and fog got one each within a few days of each other. It cost me $300 for my dog thanks to the insurance. Got this despite collar and drops but they do reduce that chances. Live in the gap and moving to Arana or Ferny Hills shortly cos prepared to manage ticks. Spiders? Part of living simewhere nice! Fit fly screens and you'll get next to none indoors. Snakes however ARE around. Just a question of choice really. Rather feel closer to nature and manage the risks.

This is funny....imagine choosing a suburb based on whether it has lice. I live here...we have a large variety of birds, lovely neighbors, an amazing rainforest outlook on a huge block of cheap land. It will flood here, if you live on a creek, but most of us live on hills...arana hills. Oh, and not seen any lice or ticks yet....though a few spiders.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/09/19/3593528.htm

http://www.animaloptions.com.au/index.php?page=paralysis-ticks

Steph, my post was letting people know that when they move to the area, which I was planning on doing myself from The Gap (which has similar ecology) they need to protect their pets. Not that they shouldn't move there, unless really this worries them. There may be people out there for whom this is a consideration, I guess. Just because we don't see it like that doesn't mean others won't.

Even for people like me whose lives and jobs are built around the environment and science, this can still catch us out. Even if we can save a single owner from naivety forcing them to a decision to have a pet euthanised from a tick because the treatment is so horrendous without insurance, it is a life saved and suffering alleviated. That was the sole intention of my post, Steph. Pet Plan is the only insurer to offer this. Have a word with the local vet and ask whether my post is hilarious and how many animals died in this area in the last two years. Watching three out of the four or our beloved pets between myself and my partner with their back legs paralysed (in my case even after applying preventative treatment) and having terrible trouble breathing, and no idea for 48 hours after admission to the emergency vets as to their likely survival was not funny at all. It was in contrast one of the most upsetting experiences I have been through, and yes I did consider moving somewhere less green for their sake because the chance of catching a tick is evidently so high here that three out of our four animals contracted one. I have since removed them early when I find them in their coat. I now accept that we need to check our animals each day, as well as protect them using the correct insecticides, and that this is I feel a secret well shared to save suffering all round.

The Hills area got hammered by ticks in the last two years, largely due to the increase rainfall. They are not LICE, lice give people a few bites and potential for louse-borne fever which is unpleasant. There are two types of TICKS in the area. Neither will paralyse an adult human, though they can make youngsters pretty poorly and have a reduced paralytic effect. Only one type (unsurprisingly labelled the paralysis tick) causes paralysis, and does so relatively quickly in dogs and cats. They inhabit vegetation where they are very small (a couple of millimetres across - see link above), so you won't see them until they engorge themselves on you pooch's or mog's blood supply. Each time I have had to take one of the animals to the Emergency Vets (we have always run into this when we get home from work) in the half hour or so we were there, there were at least two or three other dogs there at the same time with the same problem, and at least another two or three owners walking out as we were, in tears.

Best response you can give on here - if you have any concerns, or wish to seek advice on ticks contact your local vet.

I didn't say your comment about ticks was funny. The one about lice was funny. Thats why i wrote "imagine choosing a suburb based on whether it has lice."

This is hilarious. What a review! Drunken lunatics, lice, ticks and spiders "oh my".
We're considering moving from the Sunshine Coast and Arana Hills is on my list. I like that the area is clean, afordable and within close proximity to where I need to be.