Anniversary: Spiders and Snakes

Continuing on with our anniversary celebration, it was a day for spiders and snakes.

Now I know my husband is familiar with Jim Stafford’s song, Spiders and Snakes, and he should know that wedding anniversaries should be filled with romance, but he took me to a reptile house anyway.

Specifically we went to the Naturaliste Reptile Park.

A carpet python. We saw one in the wild once, too.

Another carpet python.

A tiger snake…

…which was longer than it first appeared…

They had a crocodile too.

A dragon lizard

Tree Frog

Later in the day, we saw many spider webs on the side of the road. John put the brakes on, turned the car around and parked so we could see the spiders up close.

A spider upside down in the late afternoon sun.

There were so many we really couldn’t count them.

Golden Orb Weaver Spider.

These spiders can get quite large. Females body length up to 40mm.

“I don’t like spiders and snakes
And that ain’t what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you”

Well I guess I do…from a healthy distance. I had my long lens on. 🙂