@poohbear, you've done well to conquer your fear to the extent you have.
We have some of the most dangerous spiders in the world here, and we just get used to knowing that they're there somewhere, but hopefully not close to us.
I don't go looking for them, and consider that most spiders are quite 'shy'. Thank heavens!!
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Here's a link to the photos of our 10 most deadly spiders. If you click on the photo the spider details will reveal below.
http://www.australiangeographic.com....ngerous_image1