So, we have seen some marvellous, breathtaking and beautiful sights since our arrival in Australia. It was only a matter of time therefore before we had an up close and personal encounter with some of the less attractive locals! Neither of us are too keen on sharing our personal space with spiders, snakes or insects larger than our thumbnails (very sensible we think!), and obviously we knew that Australia is home to several (hundreds!), of spiders, the world's most deadly snakes and insects thrive here - hoorah! Our thinking though, despite our lack of fondness for all things creepy and crawlie is so long as they stay in their environment we'll give them a wide berth - if we venture in to their territory then we need to be aware that we may come face-to-face with the subjects of our phobias - and deal with it.
At home, we are less vigilant.........despite knowing that the Huntsman (a rather large, hairy but not venemous spider), likes to venture in and wander around the house........so we should not have been unduly surprised to find one of them on the ceiling having a look around.....add to this a smaller but to me, equally scary spider of unknown identity running up my arm whilst in bed last night (really!) and my worst fears were realised!
Still, lived to tell the tale! But whoever said that aversion therapy is the way to go with phobias knows nothing!!
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