its weird, im really not worried about snakes at all, though obv id stay well away if i knew the one near me was poisonous. Also i dont mind tarantuals and other big lumbering spiders that much, probably because their movement is alot different to the fast spiders. And jack, what spider do you know of thats 2 ft in diameter, I think you must of watched the movie 8 legged freaks too recently. the biggest spiders in the world are definitely not in australia, but in the tropics and rainforests around the equator i.e. golliath bird eating spider and size wise that reaches the size of a dinner plate in extreme circumstances.