Mate, as long as we have pesticides, and keep your yard clean, they will run to the bushes. If you think about it, we are surrounded by nature and different animals and insects we call as pests, BUT we learn to control them. Lots of farmers out here have guns on their property to kill, introduced foxes which came from England in boats. They are a pest here but you will not see them in the suburbs were people are dwelling. We also have rabbit problem so the farmers shoot them and use fur and you can buy rabbit meat, and crocodile meat in the shops. Crocs are expensive though, like $45.00 per kilo ( we use kilograms here as opposed to pounds you use)
The red back spiders are everywhere but they are tiny and are not aggressive despite being dangerous to humans. Thankfully we have an antivenin so not many deaths occur. The Sydney Funnel Web spider is very aggressive and venomous so they are killed or captured and sent to hospitals to extract the venom to make the anti venom injection. Apart from that, we have lots of dangerous snakes so again, if you keep your yard neat, then they will avoid open areas. You will not see any in the suburbs as they avoid noise so that's why is good to 'bump' in Australia. :fro:
