Six days into our northeast Queensland adventure and we’ve managed to elude anything as dramatic or dangerous as a crocodile attack or shark encounter. Nonetheless, we’re still experiencing our share of frightening Australian wildlife. We’ve seen spiders that would make the average person’s heart stop. And today, we awoke to find our tent had become the new super-highway for a colony of weaver ants. Big deal, right? An ant associated with the making of baskets or rugs can’t be too bad. Wrong. These buggers may sound docile, but were anything but congenial. The aggressive little bastards didn’t even bother to scurry as we attempted to swipe them off our tent. Nope – they opted to rear their backsides in an attempt a fight. We weren’t dealing with ordinary ants. These were massive, in-your-face, not-scared-of-humans ants. This breed was mean and intent upon making a colony on our tent. It took a lot of bug spray, shrieks, and shaking to get them off our belongings. This was definitely not how I had expected to begin my morning. Oh well. I guess this is all a part of our Australian adventure!
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