White tail spider The White tail spider is a small spider, normally less than 2cm long, but it has a big reputation. Despite what you may hear, the bite of …
Funnelweb Spider The Sydney Funnelweb spider takes its name from the “funnel-like” appearance of its web. Unlike many spiders the Sydney Funnelweb lives on the ground and likes to live …
Redback Spider A relative of the infamous Black Widow spider, the redback is so named due to the red stripe that is on the abdomen of the female members. In …
Dugite Pronounced ¨DEW-gite¨, the Dugite is similar in many ways to the Eastern Brown snake and could be considered its counterpart on the West Coast of Australia. Where the Eastern …
One of our teachers recently asked her students why they were learning English. These are the reasons that THEY came up with. We asked, why are you learning English? …
Check out the second installment of our series of blog posts on some of Australia’s most dangerous animals! Brown Snake The Eastern Brown snake is probably responsible for more …
More on reading English. When my children were young, we always read a story before going to sleep. Always. One of our favourite authors was Roald Dahl, who …
Am I supersitious? Sadly, I am the opposite of a good-luck charm for my team. Whenever I watch them, they lose. Well, perhaps that is not exactly right. …
