Huntsman vs. Herb Garden: My Dubbo Acclimation Fails

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"You’d think you’d get used to huntsman spiders the size of dinner plates, but let me tell you, that sense of startled betrayal never entirely goes away."  

"Lara was convinced we could grow herbs there—“Fresh basil and mint, babe, imagine the cocktails!”—but the scorching sun had other ideas. In the end, we managed a few hardy succulents and a small herb patch that grew more weeds than parsley."  

So, I moved to the Outback, right? Glamorous. Except, picture less Crocodile Dundee, more me screaming at a spider the size of my face, while my wife tries to grow a cocktail garden in a heatwave. Dubbo's been an adjustment, to say the least.

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