I’ve been to Cairns and didn’t experience (thankfully) any of these giant spiders.  I wonder if travel insurance covers run-ins with gigantic carnivorous insects?

These photos appeared in the Cairns Post Limited, and were shot by Les Martin, a resident of Tableland (perhaps a place you might want to set your GPS device to detour as you travel through Northern Australia with your chihuahua).  In fact, perhaps the sequel to "Beverly Hills Chihuahua", the hit movie out now, should be "Cairns Chihuahua" and feature brave chihuahuas battling large Golden Orb Weavers. And, based on personal experience, these aren’t the only large scary creatures living in NorthEastern Australia–my wife was attacked by a very aggressive wild hen in the rainforest when we were there.