Insects.

So in the last couple of days I have come across some pretty frightful creatures.

To start, the other night we were outside and there were a bunch of toads jumping around and I went to pick one up and Karina said “no don’t do that they are poisonous!” hmm ok. . .so she went on to tell me that they are cane toads and they are the biggest pest in Queensland. I came to find out that when they get scared they spit poison and if it gets into your blood stream it will attack your heart. . .or if it gets into your eyes it could blind you! So needless to say, I will not be trying to grab any more cane toads. Good thing Karina was there to tell me HANDS OFF!

The next night I was walking into my bedroom and there was a spider about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. . .I literally stood 5 feet from it with my shoe in hand for at least 20 minutes contemplating how to kill this thing. Finally I went and asked Karina to take care of it for me. . .she went and got this chemical spray that you just zap the spider with and it slowly crawls to its death in about a minute! She reassured me that the spider she just killed is the SMALLEST I will see. She told me a story about how she was coming in from the garage once and there was one about 5 inches in diameter! YIKES.

The next day I was sitting in the living room and I looked down and there was a spider that was a little bit bigger than the one from the night before right next to me! Same kind though. . .they are called huntsmen spiders. This time Bruce came to the rescue and put it in a bucket and brought it outside and saved it. I really hope it doesn’t come back!

There are still plenty of lizards around, but they aren't scary and they are actually kind of cute now, compared to all the other creatures I've seen at least.

In a book that I read, I learned that Australia has 10 of the top 12 deadliest animals in the world. . . so with that said, everything I see I am going to stay away from just in case it is one of those 10!

Other than that the past couple of days have been spent going to the outlet shops again, working out, wandering around and traveling on the bus, and I even have a bike now so I ride that around but the hills are so big that I can’t ride up them. . . I literally get off the bike and walk it up! Haha. I also had practice tonight which went well and I still can’t believe they only practice once a week for an hour and a half!

Tomorrow I plan on heading to the waterfront, to broad beach this time instead of surfers paradise, and just explore a little more.