It had to be 8-10 feet long, hanging on a web above a main road, coincidentally outside the Museum of Tropical Queensland.
All I am going to say is that I am glad they aren’t actually this big. They would rule the world.
Maybe all spiders here will seem small from now on? I can only hope…
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EEEWWWWWWW!!!!!! Hahahaha…..
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I agree 😂
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Lol
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Wicked mate. I got to catch a hop at Christmas ’72 down to Perth. We did some surfing while there, and one evening some girls picked us up for a night on the town. As I was ironing a shirt to go out in, a darn spider kept watching its reflection in the iron. Then he touched it and let out an awful bark, jumping half way cross the room. I did share this story with a friend here in UT back in the late 90’s, and he said they were hookers, and always went for the military guys first.
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Haha reading this I thought you meant the spiders were hookers that go for military guys first 😂
Sounds like you had a fun time! Doesn’t sound like the spider did though.
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They called them barking spiders, and I didn’t know spiders could jump either. I grew up on a farm in Nebraska my 1st 10 years, and thought I’d seen it all. But Australia took all the weird stuff when they started moving south. The women were awesome too.
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Barking and jumping spiders sound horrific! I am sure I will see plenty in the next few months.
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I’d almost be thinking ……armour!
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Oh my goodness! This is so disturbing hahah
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Thank goodness it isn’t real, although this is how most spiders look to ants etc!
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At that size it would have been more like Shelob than a real spider!
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Now that’s not an encounter I would like to have!
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Oh my god! Imagine if they were that big! I have the biggest phobia of spiders!!!!!!
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Haha, if this is the case please don’t visit the Museum of Tropical Queensland 😂
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Haha, you could saddle and ride them if they were that big.
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Haha probably! Just avoid the fangs
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*shudders*
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So scary!
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Isn’t it just! It sent a shiver down my spine…
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Haha! I found a redback in the hotel bathroom the other day! Fortunately, spiders don’t scare me, but reptiles do!
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You sound very chilled about that, I don’t know if I would be! Spiders or reptiles for that matter…
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I thought this was real and I almost died 😂
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Haha sorry! Imagine turning the corner and seeing it before your very eyes above you! 😩
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Love it!
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This is the first positive comment towards the wee beastie! Haha
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🙂
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Oh my gosh!!! 🧐😫
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Not nice! Haha
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I will see this in my dreams. Thanks. (LOL)
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Apologies in advance 😀
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If that was real, I’d run. Hell, I’d probably run anyway!
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Haha they should have made it move robotically to freak people out more!
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Maaaaaaaate. I’d be worried if you ran the world with ideas like that 😂
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Haha, I would be a good leader. I promise 😉
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Ewww!!!!
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My thoughts exactly!
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I don’t know how you guys do it stay out there…I would be stressed for the week seeing that spider. I see small spiders and they get on my nerves.
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Thankfully I haven’t seen a real spider yet that is as large as my hand, but the guys in my hostel have seen them during their last farm shift. So it is coming! I am just trying not to think about it until then!
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Ah! What do you mean it is coming? A certain time of the year?
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Yeah, so currently I am on a one year holiday visa, but this can be increased to two years with 88 days farm work in a rural area. So I have just started this two days ago, I am in a rural town called Ayr, new post with an update soon! I plan to stay here and do my 88 days work whilst staying in a hostel that specialises in organising fat work, so far I have completed two of these days. Big but no huge spiders yet! 🙂
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What an awesome adventure! Have fun and stay away from spider web. Diane
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Farm, not fat work! Haha
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If I may ask what’s the farm work specialize in?
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Of course! I will be working on various farms, depending on there the demand is during that week. So far, I’ve had consistent work on an Achacha farm. I’m not sure if you know this fruit (I hadn’t heard of them!), they are egg sized orange fruits with a big seed and a sweet taste and a white, creamy texture when bitten into. They are quite expensive as not many places grow them around the world!
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I never heard of achachairu fruit. Interesting what you learn when you connect with people. 😉
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I had never heard of them either! But yes, blogging is great for learning new things 🙂
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😉
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I’m surprised this didn’t cause any car crashes! My husband has major arachnophobia and likely would’ve wrecked the car if he saw this.
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Maybe they are just used to huge insects out here. Just another day for them 😀
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Where is this at? Nope Town, Australia? 😭 🤢 haha
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Haha, most towns here are nope towns when it comes to this!
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Oh gosh! I want to visit Australia one day but I don’t know now 😭 are there any safe places? 🙊
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Now that I’ve been jumping into bushes on rural farms and haven’t been attacked by anything (although there are lots of spiders) I’ve realised Australia isn’t as scary as I thought. But in the cities you will be fine for sure 🙂 just stay out of the water!
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Not exactly Arachnophobes’ paradise, huh. Hopefully it doesn’t move much?
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Thankfully it didn’t move at all!
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So glad I’m so far away…!
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Sometimes I wish I was! Haha
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Stunning picture.
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Thank you!! I’m pleased you like it 🙂
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