The
Land
of
Spider
Pods!
-
Jan
1998
Leaving
the
comfort
and
civilization
of
Chippendale,
NSW,
we
set
off
to
rent
my
sister's
house
in
Wooloowin,
a
suburb
of
Brisbane.
We
picked
the
hottest
summer
in
living
memory
to
do
this.
A
mango
tree
outside
the
kitchen
window
housed
enough
spiders
to,
well,
make
an
enormous
spider
casserole
I
suppose.
The
spiders
subsist
on
billions
of
mosquitoes.
Your
average
Queensland
tree
is
more
likely
to
sprout
giant
pods
than
fruit
-
I'm
surprised
more
fatalities
aren't
reported
in
the
news
from
deadly
falling
pods.
The
house
came
complete
with
a
cat
named
George
and
a
Nintendo-64
games
console
-
I'm
not
sure
which
was
the
more
entertaining.
Toowong
-
Oct
1998
Happiness
is
living
within
an
easy
walk
of
a
second-hand
bookstore.
Southward!
-
Jan
2001
Sadly
leaving
the
mind-sapping
100%
humidity
of
Brisbane,
a
mysterious
divergence
occurred
...
Photo of spider and canopy-like web (137 Kbyte)
Photo of spider in mango tree (113 Kbyte)
Dusty imprimt of a spider on a PVC pipe under the house (19 Kbyte)
Photo of captive huge dangerous pod and its specially-trained pod handler (34 Kbyte)
George lazing about on the carpet (38 Kbyte)
George's House (30 Kbyte)
George relaxes behind the Nintendo (23 Kbyte)
HumpyBong
Esplanade,
Redcliffe
Algol
St,
Inala
A
gargoyle
on
a
verandah
in
Doomben
Photo
1
and
Photo
2
of
a
mysterious
?eagle?
that
visited
a
tree
near
our
block
of
units.
