Oh look, it's this thread again.
Mate, I have
never seen a snake outside of the zoo (and this coming from a guy who loves himself a bit of the great outdoors). I know it's funny to think of Australia as being held together by spider-webs and snake venom, but the fact that you seem legitimately terrified takes it to a new, ever so slightly offensive level.
I mean Christ, America has
BEARS. Fucking
bears:
So I'll just be out chilling down at the beach with my meat-pie and my esky full of cold drinks safe in the knowledge that the constructed fears of Americans regarding my country will surely keep the bears out.