When I lived in that wonderful country I had a pet spider called Herbert over my drive (I'm an arachnaphobic(sic?!?))...his web was so strong and lasted the entire rainy summer that i was there...then...the day i left...the web was in tatters and Herbert had fled to safety....

Australia is a dangerous place...what with the drop bears an all...but Herbert was pretty massive and i survived it...a lesson for us all i feel!

I miss Herbert even if he wasn't really my pet and I was deadly terrified of him...you just don't get the same kind of fauna in Camden!