How real men deal with spiders in Australia(doubt Austria so many large ones)

[GEuser]

Sitting at a speed limit? on the motorcycle out in rural roads , fullface on , whats that moving near the left ear? "ignore" , then a gigantic huntsman walked across the visor on the inside "ignore" as best as I could as it was blocking the vision , it walked off to the right , now knowing what was moving near the right ear I "ignore" , but it became a hassle when I could feel it going down the back of the neck , then the back , as it was tickling ,

Finally got to get to where I was going and never did find me mate ...

Then there was a time when after just getting out of bed and half asleep shuffling to the kitchen inside the house btw I noticed a Eastern Brown snake which was orange going the same way 1 foot in front of me but that's another story  , but I did wake up quick that day !

[Psi]

[amyk]

What other creepiness does Australia have?

[Bored@Work]

What other creepiness does Australia have?

[GK]

What other creepiness does Australia have?

[SeanB]

Didn't know we had exported that to Aus...... Next time go in and ask for the extra spicy chicken. Here it is known to be a killer.

[peter.mitchell]

What other creepiness does Australia have?

Unbreakable.

Toyota here sells these kind of shirts(not my picture);

[SeanB]

Funny thing is I am helping my friend fix up a 1978 Toyota pick up. Fixed up the rust by buying another with an engine and gearbox in the bin, so have been swapping bits and parts from the one to the other to get it running. I have been redoing the wiring making one good ( or at least mostly working) loom in the one.  At least now it starts, runs and the electrics like the lights, indicators, brakes, reverse and instrument clusters all work more or less. Had to replace large chunks of dead wiring, and at least the alternator now is charging at 30A when the first time we got the engine running it was doing 10A. Have been doing proper panel beating with his father in law, who trained in the 1960's as a proper trade tested panel beater.  Stretching and shrinking panels, beating new parts and repairing using parts of other panels.

Spare part bin now includes parts of doors, body panels and a mostly complete 3Y engine, bullet 5 speed Cressida box and modified propshaft. Donor will be cut up next week and taken to the scrapyard on the new vehicle.

[lowimpedance]

All I had was a Black Mamba, a little one that came out of the garden. Gently picked it up with a broom and a spade ( it was really cheesed off then) and took it to the far end and let it go in a crack in the wall so it could go annoy the rats in the street. Just did not want it near the doors we use, so far away was fine. One of the 3 really deadly snakes here, but there is an antivenom available , and it takes long enough that you can get to hospital.

Oh yes must treat with greatest respect. Thankfully 'generally' no nasty (venomous!) snakes in my garden, only the occasional python which is allowed to go on its merry way.

 Have not even seen any funnel web spiders for years in my part of Sydney (lucky!!). In my parents home however they are always present somewhere in the garden.
When I was still a young lad still living with my parents, one night I was the last to go to bed so when I had finished in the bathroom I switched off the light and proceeded to my room in the dark so as not to disturb anyone else. As I was walking down the hallway I stepped on something that wriggled and shot out from under my bare foot. My initial though was a damn cockroach, so on with the light to dispatch the pest, but to my chilled skin horror it was a half grown funnel web who must have been equally surprised! and was tyring to bugger off as quick as possible. After 'carefully' sending this intruder to meet its maker another shower was in order.

[Terabyte2007]

The one and maybe only benefit to living in the Northeast part of the US, Winter KILLS all the spiders off for at least 6 months! 

[lemmegraphdat]

What other creepiness does Australia have?

That's some hellacious road kill.

[GK]

Didn't know we had exported that to Aus...... Next time go in and ask for the extra spicy chicken. Here it is known to be a killer.

The Warwick Capper flyers are scarier than salmonella.
 

[TerraHertz]

What other creepiness does Australia have?

Many years ago I was swimming in the rock pool at Coogee beach here: https://maps.google.com/?ll=-33.920055,151.260165&spn=0.001583,0.002422&t=h&z=19

when something soft latched onto my left arm. "Oh a cute little octopus, uh wait, are those rings... blue? Yes, they are, oh shit!"
That took about 0.5 second from seeing it to swiping it off with my other hand as hard as I could. No bite. Maybe it was just being friendly, I don't know.

http://www.nevillecoleman.com.au/underwater-marine-life-journal/ask-the-expert/blue-ringed-octopus/

[Rerouter]

And the ever present jellyfish, in the colder waters you get the bluebottles, in the tropical waters box jellyfish and somewhere near the top there is a very tiny one that will really screw you over called the Irukandji, though i do not know the local name for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o%27_War
http://www.australianfauna.com/boxjellyfish.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish

I've had a whole stinger get wrapped in my wetsuit once along my back, it was not a pleasant experience......