I love to study tarantulas and certain species of roaches in my spare time. For some reason it is incredibly adictive and I just can't shake the habit.

Australian tarantulas
1.1.0 Phlogius sp. "Goliath"
0.0.1 Phlogius cf. papuanus
0.1.0 Phlogius strenuus
0.0.2 Phlogius sp. "pq113"
0.0.3 Phlogius crassipes "pseudocrassipes"
1.1.1 Phlogius crassipes "Kuttabul"
0.0.1 Phlogius crassipes "Airlie Beach"
2.1.2 Phlogius crassipes "Eunice"
1.1.3 Phlogius sp. "Sarina"
1.1.4 Phlogius sp. "hirsutus"
0.0.5 Phlogius sp. "black"
0.0.3 Phlogius sp. "rubiseta"
0.0.4 Coremiocnemis tropix "dwarf"
0.0.1 Selenocosmia stirlingi
1.1.0 Selenotholus sp. "Kotzman's birdspider"
0.0.25 Selenotypus sp. 3
0.0.2 Unnamed new genus "JT"

Cockroaches
1.1.5 Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Other (non Arachnid):
Monitors
Snakes
Giant Green Tree Frogs
Sundry fish

Miniature Schnauzers
Spear fishing
Bush walking
Scuba
Flying
Sky diving
Exploring
Tarantula taxonomy and behaviour
Photography
Horses
Property development
Australian tax law
Drinking good beer with great mates

Around 80 tarantulas and other odds and sods

Currently breeding these Australian tarantulas:

Phlogius sp. "Sarina" (Mated April & May 09)
Phlogius crassipes "Kattabul"
Phlogius crassipes "Eunice" (Mated May 09)
Phlogius sp. "hirsutus" (Mated May 09)
Selenotholus sp. "Kotzman's birdspider" (Mated April & May 09)

Other: Giant Burrowing Cockroach:
Macropanesthia rhinoceros (Mating status uknown!)

Jessica Alba as she looked in her shoot for Into The Blue for a week, other than that and the key to time, nothing. Well except for:

The Australian Ghost Tarantula (only one found so far)
The fabled Australian White Tarantula
The mythical Australian Blue Tarantula
The unlikely Australian Blue Metallica Tarantula
and... more Australian tarantulas as yet undiscovered!

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