Some Questions of Australia?

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Ozmaniac

It only snows in the mountains of southern New South Wales and Victoria but there are no cities in those places - only ski resorts and the small towns that service them. We don't get real snow anywhere else and any that does fall on a particularly cold day always melts within a few hours.

Australia's wild animals won't ever bother you unless you bother them in their own habitat. Kangaroos, koalas and our other marsupial natives are harmless and very timid and the only dangerous large animals are crocodiles in the far north of the country and sharks in the sea and it's very easy to stay away from both.

Australia is completely rabies free so that's not a problem, so if it's furry and lets you touch it, the worst that will happen is that it may bite you (like a dog or cat) - it can't harm you too badly and will never attack.
EDIT:
oldemystic has emailed me to remind me that we do have a form of rabies here that is found only in bats. Don't touch bats and you'll be fine.

People in the suburbs and cities are never bothered by snakes which are the only animals you need to be concerned about and you're very unlikely to ever see one, even outside built up places. Most Australians have never seen a snake.

In other words, we don't need covered up places to keep wild animals away. Contrary to popular belief overseas, this is actually a very safe country.

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snowy mountains
thredbo

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mountains

milly

it snows in the snowy mountains and there are ski resorts like thredbo and perisha but they are really pricy.
there are alot of wallabys around where i live near the bush and where i live in the snowys sometimes i tamed one to eat with me.
my mum had a platypus run over her shoe (omg so so so rare)
and a wombat made our chimny slant.
it depends where you go. obviously your not gonna have kangaroos bouncing around in newtown sydney.
sydney is beautiful.
australia is beautiful.

Spazzed out <--xoxo-->

Yes it does snow in parts of the Great Dividing range.

What are you scared of them lololololol Don't be :)

The City- no animal in their right mind would go there

Edit: What about Hobart? It gets bloody cold there too.

thecapricorn

it does snow in australia. i dont know what part of aus you are looking at but mostly inland on mountains.
most of the main cities (melbourne, sydney) don't have a large amount of wild animals.
common misconceptions of australia, there are not kangaroos and koalas aroudn every corner. it just depends where you go.

jennifer h

Yes we have a ski season down South in the snowy mountains. Canberra and Melbourne can get bitterly cold in winter especially when the winds come from the Mountains. Further North though we don't have snow . Most Australians that have never been to the snowy Mountains or out of the country have never seen snow. As for wild animals well we aren't a country known for a lot of wild animals mostly Kangaroos and wallabies some Koalas in a few areas Camels in the desert but not many of them Buffalo in Northern Territory but they are rare. Snakes yes but I've only ever seen 2 or 3 Country people would see more . all of these animals are afraid and runaway from humans. Oh crocodiles up North but Ive never seen one when Ive been up there but also I stay away from where they might be.

C.M. C

Edward Hot, where are you? I'm in Montreal, if you are afraid of a few of those big mice with long tails that hope around, rightfully they are called Kangaroos, or a few lizards or goannas, maybe a snake or two, out there in the great open spaces of the Australian outback, then stay where you are, and miss out on seeing what I see when I go, "Paradise".

Chris

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