You soon forget that everything can kill you with a single bite.
I spoke to a bloke who had lived in Sydney for 17 years and had never seen a funnel web.

If you go to Sydney do the bridge climb. It's expensive (over £100) but it's brilliant.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:00, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

mate I've been living here my whole life and I'm always aware of it. :(

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:06, Reply)

Probably for the best, it means you'll live longer ! :D
but am I right in thinking that there hasn't been an actual fatality in decades because the hospitals are so well stocked on anti-venom?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:11, Reply)

It's not so much the spiders that scare me, it's the sharks.
I think if I saw one I'd just die of fright, like a hamster.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:14, Reply)

it does make me a bit nervous though
it's enough of a heart jolt when there's only a 50p piece sized one on the wall, when it's bigger than my rat then bothers me and I'm not the one who's afraid of them.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Tuck your trousers into your socks
it wont help, but it will give the locals a good laugh
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:18, Reply)

this exactly.
wear long trousers if your hiking and solid shoes and you'll be fine.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:19, Reply)

I'll probably forget about it once I'm there
I just hope Wiggy will be able to, otherwise he won't have any fun. I want to book a 3 day surfing instruction excursion thing and I said we'd be away from the spiders for a while, but he retorted with jellyfish.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:22, Reply)

No, definitely do it if you can. Surfing instruction excursions are usually done on very safe beaches.
Just wear a rash vest and board shorts, and you'll be fine. You just need to have the vital organs covered ;) Nah, in all seriousness, a rash vest and board shorts will be more then enough to protect you from jelly fish.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:27, Reply)

I'm not too concerned about jellyfish really
sharks are more my worry but I know that's kind of silly.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:30, Reply)

s'not silly at all.
Do NOT go swimming at the beaches in adelaide. They are notorious for sharks. Also - sounds stupid, but if there are red and yellow flags on a beach - swim between them, and only between them. They're there for your safety.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:36, Reply)

I always obey the lifeguards,
when I was in Newquay it surprised me the amount of people who thought they could just ignore the lifeguard's warnings and signs, idiots.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 12:56, Reply)