Who has been to Australia 🇦🇺?

I've been to Oz, but never been to me.

How common are spiders in the Central Business District? Are they like raccoons in Toronto? Do they ride the subway?

These are even worse than tarantulas because they move so fast

I have been to Australia - into the middle of nowhere and Perth and Sydney as well. I never saw a bug or a snake, though it was weird seeing snake warning signs walking along the path to the beach. Overall, I didn't enjoy it and wouldn't go back, though Sydney, visually, is a marvellous city to look at it. A bunch of weird rules. I smoked at the time and only some stores could sell cigarettes. The operating hours were weird. For all Australians hate the UK they are more rule bound than the British. A kind of passive aggressive chippiness in them. They always seem to be baiting somebody and their humour is all passive aggressive whining, underneath. I wouldn't go back.

[quote] I never saw a bug or a snake

Don’t misspecie us.

Believe me, OP, nothing wants to greet you at an airport, and no Australian city has a subway so I wouldn't worry about that. Sydney and Melbourne are both working on establishing them, but have not a lot to show for it so far.

If you stay in the built-up areas of any CBD you are unlikely to see a spider of any kind, unless you plan to stay in a truly skeevy hotel. The general rule is that the further south you go the fewer creepy-crawlies there are in general, so Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart are good and Sydney CBD is also fine. In the country, anywhere, you may encounter spiders and snakes if you're there in the right (or wrong) season. Lots of rural doggies die of snakebite annually.

If you're going to the far north of Queensland, Northern Territory or WA, go on a tour. It will keep you away from crocodiles, snakes and spiders and advise you how to deal with flies and mosquitoes.

As for sharks, your chance of death by shark is minimal compared with death by being sucked out to sea by currents known as rips. There are quite a few very pleasant tidal swimming pools (ie with ocean water) in Sydney which are entirely critter-free, but if you must swim in the sea, do so in the area between the flags placed on the beach. These signify that if you get into trouble a hunky lifeguard in Speedos will come get you on a surfboard.

If you get a Grindr date on Sydney's wealthy north shore, you will need to weigh up the chance of snagging a wealthy husband against the possibility of encountering a funnelweb spider, because that's their main hangout in Sydney and they are seen infrequently but regularly. An alternative source of wealthy husbands is the Eastern Suburbs, which is funnelweb free.

Saw a HUGE spider in a campground restroom. Couldn’t sleep all night.

YouTube classic spider in the car.

To be fair, the windows are shut. The spider got into the car while it was parked somewhere with the windows or doors open and just made its appearance while they were driving. They don't just spring into your car off the highway.

R7, you can be terrified of spiders and go camping in another country, or you can be terrified of spiders and stick to the cities in Australia. You can't do both. Likewise, if you're terrified of sharks, don't swim in the ocean. The wildlife will not follow you down Oxford Street.

here's another Huntsman in the car.

I didn’t seen any, but a bug flew into my mouth.