{"id":9516,"date":"2021-08-13T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/?p=9516"},"modified":"2026-04-12T08:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:08:29","slug":"natures-hidden-worlds-the-shy-spiders-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandinnorthps.vic.edu.au\/upschool\/guest-contributors\/natures-hidden-worlds-the-shy-spiders-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Natures Hidden Worlds &#8211; The Shy Spiders&#8217; Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9516\" class=\"elementor elementor-9516\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6703076 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6703076\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b32746e\" data-id=\"b32746e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15fe19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c15fe19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Thin-Banner-2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a2ead elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03a2ead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Natures Hidden Worlds - The Shy Spiders' Garden<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fd5ac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fd5ac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>There are worlds of incredible beauty, colour and wonder hidden all around us, it just takes a curious mind to discover them. Miniature worlds full of living beings, that go \u00a0unnoticed because we humans are too busy or have forgotten how and where to find them.\u00a0<\/p><p>These little worlds are often found in the quietest of places, secretly tucked away from the busy world, loud noises and prowling predators like domestic cats and dogs.<\/p><p>Hidden in a hill side in a thin strip of native bush, I discovered one such world by accident.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06c25fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06c25fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fdbfaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2fdbfaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Thin-Banner-1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc59ed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc59ed1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5985c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b5985c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Shy Spiders' Garden - A Short Story<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2d60f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c2d60f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>There lives beneath a bloom of orange horseshoes, tucked away into the hillside, a trapdoor spider; The guardian to a miniature bush garden, filled with wild rocket and tiny, tiny bulbs of garlic and bush onions. <\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>Every day that I visit, the once minute buds of orange grow bigger and brighter as the season of May moves forward. And the doorway to one shy spiders&#8217; realm changes, weather depending. Sometimes the door is closed, sometimes not. When the rain comes, the door is woven shut with silk. Today it&#8217;s closed; rain is on the way.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>First published in May 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a783e elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"f9a783e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Shy-Spider-banner-JPG.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">The Shy Spiders' Garden<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">What started as an expedition to discover what local spiders inhabited the Yarra Trail, has become a daily ritual of exploration, patience, imagination and learning.<br><p style=\"white-space: normal;\">This is the&nbsp;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Shy Spiders' Garden,&nbsp;<\/span>a secret world that perhaps only I know about?<br>&nbsp;A world of miniature proportions that could and is - easily unnoticed by the usual passer-by.<\/p><span style=\"white-space: normal; letter-spacing: 0px;\">I know this because not once in my five months of staring into this little garden have I seen another person&nbsp;stops to look.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9994bad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9994bad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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