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Yes, we have seen some!

The first major sighting was on a car journey into Melbourne when a large Huntsman spider jumped onto the car and attempted to kill us, James-Bond-fight-on-a-moving-vehicle stylee.

The second major sighting was in the garage, when a large “house spider” which looked like it made regular meals out of horses, scurried under a brick.

Rob had a close encouter with a fat, hairy, house spider that had made a home in his football shirt. It looked him in the eye as he put his shirt on and told him to get out.

As a bit of an arachnophobe, I have found myself being reconciled to the more medium, British-sized spiders as the absolute terror of the larger spiders takes over. I successfully batted a sandy-coloured, strangely contorted spider off our drying pillow covers and bravely entered the W.C. where I was fully aware of a medium spider’s presence.

Our hosts inform us that the only real killer spiders are the funnel webs which reside exclusively in Sydney -thank God. We heard tales of funnel webs in the swimming pool, in the sleeping bags and how they rise up in an attack posture and chase small children. New Year’s celebrations on the Harbour Bridge were suddenly less attractive. We’ll tell you more on the next Irwin-style sighting…