OMG! Just seen my first spider in Australia - and boy, was it a biggie!

[ghosty]

Am here in Melbourne for a week, casing the joint. Looking at schools, checking out the shopping etc (all top notch I have to say)
Staying with DH and kids in teeny weeny flat ....
And today, my biggest nightmare happened - it was MASSIVE, thick hairy legs thicker than my fingers, in total bigger than DH's whole hand
Puts Suzy's kitten's paw story to shame I tell you ....

Ok ... so it was behind glass in Melbourne Museum - and isn't a native of Australia (a Brazilian Elephant Eating Jumping Tree Spider or something) BUT I have seen a spider on Australian soil and I am still ALIVE!!!!!

BTW ... not seen anything more scary than a couple of teeny ants after DD's biscuit crumbs in the flat

Quite nice here really

we just got this plug in - Raid thingy - keeps away flies and mozzies - fab and covers a huge area.

i was in Oz for a month and never saw one, but did look under the toilet seat all the time.
I am hoping to move out there eventually but am terrified of seeing a biggie, I can cope with little ones but the thought of seeing a big hairy spider, i think I might have a heart attack

eidsvold, that's going on the shopping list too!

if the hosue is screened should have no probs - we jsut need to get our screens replaced - getting bad and old!!

But we use it when we are downstairs and it is fab - don't seem to need it upstairs - usually eat out downstairs and with people coming in and out doors mozzies get in.

Can get an outdoor candle by raid as well - good - put that on the middle of the table - or good old citronella works wonders as well.

moss, I have been told that they only get under the toilet seat if not particularly clean...

gawd I hope so....otherwise I will have to start checking...

never looked under a toilet seat - even when using thunderboxes !!!

Thunderboxes?

outdoor toilet - usually wooden in struction - can and wodden seat - usually at bottom of garden - emptied by dunny man.....

very rustic one

like this

def check around for wildlife!!

lol...we don't have one of those...thankfully!

Must admit that when dd decided sheneeded the toilet at the wildlife park we went to yesturday...I did have a peer around!!

oh! i forgot violet crumbles!!i want to go back to oz [mmm does it work in reverse? if i wear sparkly red shoes tap my toes togeather and say theres no place like oz]