spiders
Aug 28th 2005 | 3:01 pm
#16
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From: Townsville
Re: spiders
To be honest i don't think i see spiders any more frequently than i did in the UK.
And Wombat.....cracked me up as usual
And Wombat.....cracked me up as usual
Aug 28th 2005 | 3:04 pm
#17
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From: Cairns FNQ, a bit of paradise on earth:-)
Re: spiders
Originally Posted by robos
my hubby keeps saying to me what the hell are you going to do when we get there as i hate spiders and hyperventilate at the mention
i tell him im fine and will be sorted by the time we get there (next year with a bit of luck)
but an hour ago there was a humungous one on the stairs and i froze i was calm though but couldnt move or breathe
now im a bit worried myself
i know they are big in oz but are there really as many as people say ?
if i dont see them too often ill be fine
thanx jan xxxx
i tell him im fine and will be sorted by the time we get there (next year with a bit of luck)
but an hour ago there was a humungous one on the stairs and i froze i was calm though but couldnt move or breathe
now im a bit worried myself
i know they are big in oz but are there really as many as people say ?
if i dont see them too often ill be fine
thanx jan xxxx
Hi Jan
I was going to resist answering another thread about the dreaded 'spiders' in OZ - but sadly I cant!
I TOO absolutely HATE SPIDERS - and I mean HATE! Just the thought of seeing a huntsman sends a shiver up my spine :scared: And as for a funnel web - think I'd have a heart attack!!!! But the honest truth is - living in Australia you have to be prepared for the fact that you just MIGHT see a really big deadly spider - because they can kill!
Thankfully, and I mean that, we have NOT seen any BIG ones since being here - 10 months now. Even if I see one today - I consider myself lucky, but in saying that, we have chosen were we live very carefully.
If we go to the OUTBACK or in the RAIN FOREST in Cairns, or live on the verge of a forest, then the risk of seeing one/having them in our house will intensify. Our friends live on the edge of the Rain Forest and they are frequent visitors in their home - as is everything else :scared: They too dont like them - but say once you have seen a few - your fear decreases - lets hope they are right eh!!!!
Please dont overly worry, your fear cannot be worse than mine believe me!!
Like someone else has said, just make sure you have plenty of those insect sprays all around the house!!!!
Take care
PS
We saw really BIG ones in our UK house just before leaving at the end of October last year! Boys took a photos of them just to prove we have really big ones in the UK too - the fact that they are not 'deadly' - who gives a .... they are still big and scary!!!
Aug 28th 2005 | 8:21 pm
#18
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,216
From: Helensvale where else!
Re: spiders
Originally Posted by cranni
Hi jan, there is no point in saying you wont see any, cause you will, but you just have to spray round everywhere, and then you wont get many. My fear is the ssss, cant even say the word, if i see one im going home.
But the thing you really have to worry about are the bloody mossys, they eat you alive.
But the thing you really have to worry about are the bloody mossys, they eat you alive.
forgot about the mossys mind you i can handle them i just dont like spiders they watch you with their beedy eyes and wait till you least expect them
aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
jan xx :scared:
Aug 28th 2005 | 10:03 pm
#19
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From: Utopia?
Re: spiders
Originally Posted by robos
my hubby keeps saying to me what the hell are you going to do when we get there as i hate spiders and hyperventilate at the mention
i tell him im fine and will be sorted by the time we get there (next year with a bit of luck)
but an hour ago there was a humungous one on the stairs and i froze i was calm though but couldnt move or breathe
now im a bit worried myself
i know they are big in oz but are there really as many as people say ?
if i dont see them too often ill be fine
thanx jan xxxx
i tell him im fine and will be sorted by the time we get there (next year with a bit of luck)
but an hour ago there was a humungous one on the stairs and i froze i was calm though but couldnt move or breathe
now im a bit worried myself
i know they are big in oz but are there really as many as people say ?
if i dont see them too often ill be fine
thanx jan xxxx
Hi Jan & Gaz,
Have them forms gone yet? dont forget tell Gary to keep us updated.
Sending some photo's over tonight for you both.
Anyway with reference to your question as I spoke to Gary about it, Karen is seriously scared of spiders and was really worried about them and the size of them before we got here, but to be honest in the 4 months we have been here, one thing we have noticed is that the streets are overrun with them all and they are all huge in size, in fact if wasn't for all the snakes eating them we would be seriously worried!!!!!!! :scared: :scared:
Take it easy, we have seen the odd one but nothing to be alarmed over, speak to you soon and keep the faith.
Take it easy
P.S Give me my avatar back
Aug 28th 2005 | 10:50 pm
#20
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 90
Re: spiders
Do not panic! We have been here 5 months now on a semi rural property of 1.5 acres. Seen only 3 or 4 small household harmless spiders in the house. In the shed next to the chook pen there are half a dozen or so huntsmen which just sit in their webs waiting for flies. We have red-backs living under some old building materials at the bottom of the garden who just do their thing and we leave them to their business. They are very poisonous but not aggressive at all. Also have a lizard in the garden who just hidess from us. So no problem at all.
By the way what a super country this is! Not one winge have we got. People, food, quality of life, living standards, cleanliness - you name it is in our opinion superior to the UK. Even happier to pay the higher income taxes as all the other bills are cheaper. All you waiting for visas hang in there it is worth it.
Roger
By the way what a super country this is! Not one winge have we got. People, food, quality of life, living standards, cleanliness - you name it is in our opinion superior to the UK. Even happier to pay the higher income taxes as all the other bills are cheaper. All you waiting for visas hang in there it is worth it.
Roger
