Thoughts And Recollections Of A Tree Spirit

Redback Spider in the Log Pile

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

I am now back at work after having had a fantastic Easter weekend camping in the Blue Mountains. However, before I post any accounts of our adventures away I want to start at the beginning.

Before Mat and I started off on our trip we stopped at Gideon’s to pick up a few bits and pieces he was kindly lending us. As well as some spare tent pegs, ground mats and camping stove he suggested we also take the ute down to the bottom of his paddock and load up with wood from his log pile. As it was already spitting slightly and the weather was likely to get worse in the mountains we agreed this was a good idea and went off to get some.

We all started piling on the logs and were nearly finished when Mat suddenly exclaimed he’d made a discovery; he’d picked up another bit of wood and was about to throw it in with the others when he spotted this little beauty:

Redback Spider with Egg Sac Redback Spider closeup
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