Suzanne Harrington: Terrifying spiders don't just happen to Australians 

I’m not in the business of harming things, never mind killing them. But I can’t stand in the garden for the next three days.

'It’s a whopper. Not Aussie-big, but far bigger than should be legal in this part of the world.' Picture: iStock

There's a spider in the kitchen. My brain feels like those Dubai influencers in their dawning realisation that terrifying stuff doesn’t just happen to other people. 

In my case, that terrifying spiders don’t just happen to Australians.