forum Is Australia a hellhole? (and other unanswered questions)

Started August 18, 2018 by @ThatBackgroundSlytherin

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Yo Australians is your country as awful as it sounds?

are there really huge spiders everywhere

I'm not Australian but what the heck I don't know. I live in Portland.

Australia is not awful how dare you

But we do have spiders :) :) :) :)

Tbh I always thought of Australia as somewhere where I wouldn't really want to visit because of all the crazy wildlife that could kill me there. Turns out Mexico actually has more venomous species than Australia does (it actually has more venomous species than any country. Australia is #3).

So as a Canadian who's never been to Australia, but has been to Mexico 3 times, I would guess that Australia is probably not as bad as the internet makes it out to be.

One person who gets it!
It's not that dangerous. The last time someone died of a spider bite in Australia was like 1981 or something

Okay but the dudes there

Crocodiles
snakes
Spoders
Octopuses
Insects
THEY'RE ALL DANGEROUS

It doesn't make a difference to me if the spiders are dangerous or not, I am deathly afraid of really don't like spiders

Crocodiles
snakes
Spoders
Octopuses
Insects
THEY'RE ALL DANGEROUS

And scorpions
:) :) :) :) :) :D
Still highly sensitive about Infinity War, don't trigger me

Australia's actually really good. I've lived here my whole life and have only encountered one extremely dangerous spider (which was dead, so) and a few brown snakes. I live near a bush, though. Most populated places in Australia don't have any dangerous animals. It's only if you go to the beaches without lifeguards or into the desert or bush where you'll find the ones that can kill you. Apparently we also a lot more candy than America, so that's a plus.

CANDY!! (That's true)
BUT red-backs like living in garden sheds and other urban areas compared to in the bushes. So you need to be careful when taking stuff out from sheds etc.
@CharlieK Where in Australia? I'm from WA

Okay so all the speculation about Australia being dangerous is essentially all fake. Sure, there's dangerous animals, but you rarely ever encounter them. And even if you do, there's trained professionals at your beckoned call to 'save' you. But if you don't think about any of those things, Australia is really beautiful. I mean, have you seen photos of the Great Barrier Reef or our rainforests?

P.S.: Most if the articles you read about 'Photos proving you should never go to Australia' are over exaggerated, photos are from other places and the photos are actually fake.

Also we like to scare people. Some most of these photos might be made by Australians to scare you guys. (stage whisper: drop bears) :) :) :) :) :)
Australia is beautiful! The soil is red because of the iron level so we have like red rocks and stuff and it's really cool and we have SOO many awesome beaches. If you go to a different beach around Australia everyday you would've visited every beach in Australia after about 27 years.

I'm in QLD and the redback was in my pool lol

Australia do, however, have some…interesting food. If you ever go to Australia, and you meet someone who offers you a spoonful of a dark brown thing called Vegemite, DON'T eat it. Just don't.

And our 'accents' basically don't exist. Sure, some people have really thick accents, but rarely any Australians do. Steve Irwin is the only person I've ever hear who has a thick accent in my whole life of living here.

Australia do, however, have some…interesting food. If you ever go to Australia, and you meet someone who offers you a spoonful of a dark brown thing called Vegemite, DON'T eat it. Just don't.

Or don't eat it without butter
And never eat a spoonful of it

The "accent" is mainly in WA, and rural WA, which is not where most people visit, so you'll be fine

Australia do, however, have some…interesting food. If you ever go to Australia, and you meet someone who offers you a spoonful of a dark brown thing called Vegemite, DON'T eat it. Just don't.

Or don't eat it without butter
And never eat a spoonful of it

Or cheese

Ooh, and guess what? Our taxes are included in our purchases

Australia do, however, have some…interesting food. If you ever go to Australia, and you meet someone who offers you a spoonful of a dark brown thing called Vegemite, DON'T eat it. Just don't.

Or don't eat it without butter
And never eat a spoonful of it

Or cheese

Ugh Chessymite is an abomintation
As is Bromite
Or any variation that isnt the original Vegemite

Wait, is that good or bad?

And there's no such thing as tips 'cuz workers actually get paid good amounts and don't need them.

It's good. I can walk up to the counter with a $10 note and pay exactly that