Wendy

No it was only little and must have come up through the drain cos it was on my dishcloth.

It bloody hurt though

kato33

:scared:
Hiya,
We are just starting the process and the only thing putting me off is the damn spiders. I have been told that funnel webs don't live in WA so if its true then at least theres one less to worry about. Take the advice of some of the others.....try getting the Mrs to gradually get used to them. My boss made me hold a spider yesterday.....felt sick and washed my hands about 10 times......hehehehe......but I am hunting our yard as we speak to find one slightly bigger to try and get used to them, then when you want one you can't find the damn buggers!!

Nici

marvinc

If we get our visas I was going to get a book on creepy crawlies and snakes of Australia.

The thing is as a child you learn what stings and what doesn't (ie red ants as opposed to black ants over here) so I think your children will probably pick it up more quickly

You just have to learn to live with them.

ridds

Good online resources about spiders in Oz via the Australian Museum online, and another good one on identifying spiders from Termite.com

martynm

Thanks everyone for all your help.

Don't knnow whether I feel better or worse though !!! :scared:

wintersgills

are just come it will be ok u do see spiders but they dont bother you snakes ive been here 3yrs seen a few but they not bothering you at all its the mozziz i dont like they can give you ross river fever once u got that u cant get rid of it :scared:

surfsup

I am the same doing the same things to sort me out! On one of the 'Australias Deadliest....' programmes I watched helped too only 1 in 200 people react adversley to a spider bite and those who do... they have no recorded deaths since records began. Hope this helps you all. But I also heard that oz holds all the top ten most deadly snakes!!! As everyone says though generally you won't see them unless you are looking for them.

rab

You've got to be kidding, either that or you are in the city. From around late September through to February we see at least one snake every week, mostly browns and red bellied blacks. When I go out to work near the River Murray I see Tiger Snakes regularly.

I am getting a shotgun licence soon just to help keep them away from the house.

rab

surfsup

I am not over there yet it is what I saw on the TV.I am sure everyone will be really pleased to hear your thread!!

rossfive5

We had more big spiders in the house in a year in the UK than we had here this year. We have sprayed around the house, more to control the cockroaches. I think they start coming into houses from December, urrggghhh. We have seen the odd red-back spider outside in the shed when we were renting, but apparently most people get bitten when they put their gardening gloves on that they keep in the shed. Red-backs are not aggressive and will only bite you if you touch them.

ridds

Agreed. I had a "family" living in my bathroom ceiling. They would obligingly come down through the shower exhaust, and I could wash them down the drain. Problem solved

egghead4

:scared:
oh my f****ng god!!
now I don't mind putting a glass over a spider to chuck it outside but these look like they are inside your house. please tell me they were outside.
any of these dangerous or are they nice, quiet little furry friends?
bec and egg

Lord Pom Percy

There are quite a few spiders around, but no one has been killed by a venomous spider bite in OZ in the last 30 years, while around 3 or 4 people are killed each year in the Uk and OZ by bee and wasp stings. So your much more likely to die from a bee sting in the Uk then a spider bite in Oz.

DianneH68

God, I can't believe you guys who try that therapy by picking them up :scared:
I walked into our house (in UK) last night and this huge great monster was looking at me from the stairs. I ran past it and screamed at my boyfriend to kill it and get rid of the body. I was shaking for 10 mins afterwards - needed glass of wine to calm me down
So none of that practicing picking them up lark for me. I'm just going to pretend they don't exist in oz then scream a lot when I see one.
I know I want to make friends in Oz but I draw the line at making friends with their spiders as well

Vash the Stampede

It's true.