Bushfire Sundown ~ Victoria, Australia.
I caught this Redback spider 🕷 hitching a ride in the boot of my car 🚙 trying to escape the fire no doubt 🔥 I didn’t have the heart to toss her out 🖤 😎
I said to this femme fatale . . . “What a coincidence❗️ A Redback spider bite 🕷 sent me to hospital 🏥 in the back of an ambulance 🚑 just the other night 💉💪 It wasn’t you by any chance❓️” 🕷 👈 Without further evidence ⚖️ I accepted her plea of innocence Be it wrong ❎️ or be it right ✅️ 🤔🕶
There’s just no winning 🥇 against that Spider Woman 😢🕶
Photography:
David B. Redpath © 2026
David Redpath 
Hope you’re OK mate
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It was just a quick trip to the hospital,
thanks Gary. By the time I got there
and saw the line of ambulance being
“ramped” my the vitals had started to
stabilise, so I got Linda to check me out.
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🙏🏼 🙏🏼
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Thanks, Nancy 😎
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Hope you are ok. It’s strange that here in Victoria BC we are getting torrential rain of late. Pray for balance and good health. The spider is lucky to have gotten a ride out of the fire. Thank you on her behalf!
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Ready to take on another day, thanks.
My home state, Victoria, is way down
south. Whilst bushfires have been
rampaging here, up north there’s a
cyclonic flood event happening 🌊
Australia 🇦🇺 You’ve gotta love it ❤️ 😎
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Hope you are fine bro and things are under control. 🙏
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It was an experience, I guess 🤔🕶
Nothing like a quick trip to hospital
to make you appreciate life … or
what’s left of it 😎
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That must have been a hard moment to go through.
I’m glad you came through it.
That line about life really stays with me — it shows what truly matters.
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As Joni Mitchell once said …
“Don’t it always seem to go that
you don’t know what you’ve got
’til it’s gone.”
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That line hits hard, especially after what you went through.
Funny how it takes a scare to remind us how precious the everyday stuff really is!
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Hope you’re fine, but the Austrailian species don’t attack, unless you accidentally provoked them, so many, watch where you step next time…
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Right foot 🦶 no boot, standing
on the deck with spider 🕷 hiding
in the gap under the seat . . .
Most unfortunate.
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Glad you’re alright from the Redback spider bite… yes, we are also praying for rain for all in Victoria, David.
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Thanks for that.
There’s been a change in the weather
and rain is predicted to arrive soon 🌧
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Good to hear that. I do not know why my comment above appeared as anonymous. Iris. 🙏
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Mysterious WordPress 🤔🕶
Thank you, Iris 🙏
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😀 Thank you, David. Take care..
🙏
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Wish we could give you some!
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It’s either too much or too little
. . . a bit like people and money 🤔🕶
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Nice story 🌹
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Thank you 🙏
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Goodness! Be safe out there! I’m hoping you’re much better now! 🙏🏾🩵
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It’s a rite of passage
here Down Under
to be bitten at least once
by a Redback spider 🕷
Thank you, trE 🙏 😎
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