If you see people around the North Shore with running noses and conjunctivitis, there's a good chance they have been struck by Kirribilli Curse.It is not some new yuppie flu, but the result of a small ground cover plant, also known as Parietaria judaica o

Les Munn, who is the parks and gardens Manager of the North Council with a bunch of the "Kirribilli curse weed".....Parks manager Les Munn with the weed that costs the council $40,000 a year.If you see people around the North Shore with running noses and conjunctivitis, there's a good chance they have been struck by Kirribilli Curse.It is not some new yuppie flu, but the result of a small ground cover plant, also known as Parietaria judaica or sticky weed, which is believed to have been brought to Sydney in the 1890s on marble imported from Italy to make Victorian fireplace surrounds. November 13, 1989. (Photo by Palani Mohan/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).