Spider Photo's..............

scottishcelts · #1 (**permalink**) 16th October 2007, 04:23 PM

Go on then, who's got photo's of spiders/creepy crawlies/reptiles taken in their gardens, or just out and about.

Would love to see some..........aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgg gggggggggggg

Jules · #2 (**permalink**) 16th October 2007, 04:38 PM

Hi
I found a website that shows photos of Aussie creatures (I wanted to know what we were letting ourselves in for)!
Can't post websites but it's Australian Animals (sure you can work it out from that lol)

scottishcelts · #3 (**permalink**) 16th October 2007, 07:02 PM

Got it Jules, good site, but some of the spiders are pure lethal looking, aint got a clue how i'm going to cope! Cheers

Jules · #4 (**permalink**) 17th October 2007, 08:30 AM

Ha. I know what you mean! scary stuff! But the good thing is, it does say that there haven't been any deaths from spider bites for years. Plus my kids hate spiders here so think they will run a mile out there!! lol
Will take the spiders over some of the humans here anyday!
Hows your application going?

Hazel · #5 (**permalink**) 17th October 2007, 10:07 AM

The last thing you have to worry about is spiders, lol!! Really, since I've come to Oz I've only had one in my house when we first moved in and that was only because it had stood empty for a few months.... and I have seen a couple in the garden. They are really not that bad. It's not like they are on the prowl searching for humans to scare. They keep to themselves pretty much....just staying in their webs catching flies which is a good thing ; -). If you do the usual pest control thing (where you have your house sprayed every six months) then hardly any beasties come inside. Also all houses are fitted with fly/insect screens so even when you leave the doors and windows open nothing comes in. I just thought I'd put you out of your misery. To me the nesting of hundreds of caterpillars outside next to my geyser was much more frightening...they were cold and came to gather around the warm geyser in winter. Also the ants are rather large, bull ants I think they're called...mind that the kids don't sit down among them...or try to pick one up like my little one did. They bite and their bites seem to burn for a while afterwards...at least that's what the kids claim. But they are NOT scary. Insects are the least of my worries. I really am hard-pressed to think of anything truly bothersome about Australia. Maybe if you put a gun to my head I'd say that once in a while the hoons on the road make a bit of noise squealing around the round-abouts and that's late at night.

Baby75 · #6 (**permalink**) 17th October 2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by scottishcelts

Go on then, who's got photo's of spiders/creepy crawlies/reptiles taken in their gardens, or just out and about.

Would love to see some..........aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgg gggggggggggg

I do im going to try and attach them let me know if it works they were taken in Brisbane the sunshine coast one big spider and lovely parrots. not sure what i am doing but i have them saved on my profile or pm me and give me you email and ill email them to you if you like

Niamh

scottishcelts · #7 (**permalink**) 17th October 2007, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Jules

Ha. I know what you mean! scary stuff! But the good thing is, it does say that there haven't been any deaths from spider bites for years. Plus my kids hate spiders here so think they will run a mile out there!! lol
Will take the spiders over some of the humans here anyday!
Hows your application going?

As far as taking spiders over some of the humans here - i totally agree with you! Your're right.

We are in limbo at the mo Jules over the application, we've passed our TRA, the only thing holding us up just now are the police thingies, then we are going to visa apply on-line. My sis in law is in brisbane and she is sponsoring us, so she fills in her part on line too at her end, then it's the waiting game all over again!

how about you guys? any joy

scottishcelts · #8 (**permalink**) 17th October 2007, 11:52 AM

Hey baby75, yeah that would be great, my e-mail add is: wendyjane.wilson@ntlworld.com. Cheers

Jules · #9 (**permalink**) 17th October 2007, 12:23 PM

Looks like you are half way there then Scottishcelts, good for you.!
Our TRA application has been held up a little as I had to have surgery recently so wasnt able to get things sorted, but am on the mend now and just getting the last bits together to send it off.
How long did yours take to come back?

scottishcelts · #10 (**permalink**) 17th October 2007, 02:17 PM

Quite a while, about 9 weeks. We were fully expecting them to ask for more info, as my hubby is a programmer/software engineer and there's so much info they need from you, but all was ok.

One thing i would say though Jules is make sure you guys add every little detail - even if you think it is irrelevant, put it in! Don't miss out anything in relation to your job and don't worry about overdoing it, they want the lot and make sure you sound like you know what you are talking about. You don't want any more delays, the process is a nightmare as it is! The waiting game is the worse part of the whole process i think.

Good luck Jules, anything i can do to help, just fire away!