Suspected funnel-web bite puts Elands woman in hospital

Julia Driscoll
Updated January 19 2017 - 12:41pm, first published 11:38am
The Southern tree funnel-web is local to the Manning area. Photo courtesy of Mike Gray, Australian Museum.
The Southern tree funnel-web is local to the Manning area. Photo courtesy of Mike Gray, Australian Museum.

A 54-year-old woman from Collings Road, Elands, was rushed to Manning Hospital this morning from a suspected funnel-web spider bite to the foot.

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Julia Driscoll

Julia Driscoll

Journalist

Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.

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