It's a jungle out there

ADVICE .... hmmm. It's not something I relish. But over the past few weeks, I've found myself being bombarded with it.

"Do this, don't do that, you need to go there, there and over there but for heaven's sake don't do this, that and the other." You name it ... I've had it.

I recently received a gift from a colleague - a National Geographic Bug Barn. Unusual I thought. And to add insult to injury, it came with an internet printout of a list showing Australia's deadliest spiders. Great.

Showing off my new piece of equipment around the office, I heard all manner of wildlife horror stories, from how the deadliest Ozzie spiders would eat my little plastic contraption for breakfast to, on the other hand, how it's not the venomous ones that are the most dangerous. This, I wanted to hear.

Apparently, the great big hairy Huntsman spiders - measuring in at upto 15cm from leg to leg - are the ones that cause the most deaths. NOT by creeping up the toilet bowl and biting you on the rear end (this also happens, so I've been told) ..... but by playing hide and seek in your car.

It seems that by driving along with the sun beating down on you and reaching for some shade from the sun visor, the pesky blighters fall onto your lap, you crash the car and the rest is history. So it's shock that get's you in the end, eh??
But the best piece of advice by far came in last night from my husband and I have ranked it at #1.

He said very matter-of-factly: "When we're in Australia and you find yourself being chased by a crocodile, run in zig-zag fashion so they can't catch you ....."

C'mon ... somebody please tell me you don't get many human-hungry reptiles hanging around the shopping malls, because that's where I'll be spending the lion's share of MY time!!!