Three Aussie remedies.

1. Citronella is the lemon-smelling stuff, Will. You can get it in candle form, or oil burners. I used to be able to get the oil from the chemist/pharmacist without the flammable stuff in it and I used to dab a bit on my temples, wrists and legs.

2. Aerogard spray works a treat. Ingredients: Butane, Alcohol Denat., Diethyl Toluamide, Isopropyl Myristate, N-Octyl Bicycloheptene Dicarboximide, Fragrance (Amyl Cinnamal, Hydroxycitronellal, Isoeugenol, Citronellol, Coumarin, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool). Shake well before use. Hold can upright and lightly spray on exposed skin from a distance of 15-20cm.

3. Tea tree oil is "the bomb" for post bite itching. Use the dilute form or dab a bit on a wet piece of cotton wool. Tea tree oil is my go-to remedy for a lot of things.

Also, lately, if I have been bitten by something small and annoying, i.e. not venomous spiders, etc, I dab a bit of the hand sanitiser goop on to the bite. It contains ethyl alcohol and it seems to stop the sting. It also seems to stop teeny-tiny little mitey things from doing their stuff. I think it might kill 'em before they can get started with their teeny-tiny, evil little plans.