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Simon Collins

Simon Collins

4 May 2019

9:00 AM

4 May 2019

9:00 AM

A wealthy, white, male, middle-aged American Christian takes his wife on holiday to Australia. Hiking through the Tasmanian wilderness one day they disturb a dozing tiger snake. ‘That’s a worry,’ says the husband. But before the snake can strike an eagle snatches it off the path. A few days later, driving through country Victoria, a large funnel-web appears suddenly on the dashboard of their hire car.

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