TGA

I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Cairns from June 1st to 12th of this year. We rented a beautiful vacation home, with an open floor plan which opened up completely to a lagoon pool and nature. My husband decided to wander the backyard to check it out through the trees - I followed with my camera of course. No sooner had we reached the farthest point when I heard my husband say "Oh, @#$!" I looked and he had found a spider web, with a good size spider that looked similar to a crab shell.

He said "Well, I've seen enough," so I snapped a pic and turned to trek back. As we were leaving I rounded a corner and to my right spotted a different spider. I said "Wow, hon, look at the size of this spider" and proceeded to take a picture. My husband came around and saw the spider (about 4 inches counting legs), yelled, ran to the beautiful house, barred the metal doors shut, then the wooden doors, then the windows...I then spent the last of my vacation in a well-defended fortress with my husband checking for spiders constantly. The big ole baby :)

- Fonda