The heat is brutal, not gonna lie, in the summer it gets to like 45 Celsius/113 F. You can literally fry an egg on the pavement, people have done it just to prove a point.

Wildlife's honestly not that scary really. For instance, we do have huge huntsman spiders, but those are timid and harmless, while it's not common to actually encounter the deadly ones.

We actually have no large land predators bigger than a dingo, so you can camp without having to worry about being eaten. As an Aussie, stuff like bears in America/Asia/Europe seems way scarier than just big bugs haha

I guess this is just a case of it being pretty similar to a known species or two.
Plus it lives high in trees, so not a common thing to encounter.
Nevertheless... cool stick, bro!

There's thankfully no bears here in Scotland/UK. In fact the animal situation is so comfy here that the most dangerous animal is actually cattle in terms of the number of deaths. Other than that one to be careful around are adders but the last death from one of those here was 50 years ago so not a big deal.

Nice, I'd like to visit Scotland someday.

Fun fact; here in Australia cattle and horses are also the most dangerous animals in terms of actual death toll haha.

All our venomous spiders and snakes and stuff don't actually kill that many people, like we have the world's deadliest spiders but the last confirmed spider death was in 1979.

Huh I wouldn't have expected that. I guess the reputation Australian wildlife has really is overblown. You mentioned the brutal heat earlier and Scotland is quite good in that regard since Summers aren't that bad and the past few weeks have been only a bit warmer than I would like so pretty comfortable. Winters go below freezing but only somewhat in an area like mine so it's quite manageable for both heat and cold.

The heat is brutal, not gonna lie, in the summer it gets to like 45 Celsius/113 F. You can literally fry an egg on the pavement, people have done it just to prove a point.

Wildlife's honestly not that scary really. For instance, we do have huge huntsman spiders, but those are timid and harmless, while it's not common to actually encounter the deadly ones.

We actually have no large land predators bigger than a dingo, so you can camp without having to worry about being eaten. As an Aussie, stuff like bears in America/Asia/Europe seems way scarier than just big bugs haha

Yeah, I suppose a lot has to do with habits and culture. Around these parts, people aren't really all that scared of bears, it's moose and boars you need to beware! 

I come from an area with very big variation in temperature between summer and winter, the coldest temperature ever measured there in January is -37.8 degrees Celsius, while the warmest July day was just over 37 degrees. For me, anything above 25-26 degrees physically impacts my well-being, sleep pattern, mood, appetite, and a host of other factors. One of the main issues here in Scandinavia during hot summers is that the entire region is suited for cold winters, meaning that housing is built primarily to stay warm via isolation and insulation. Brilliant when it's cold, not so brilliant when heat waves strike and that insane heat is efficiently retained within living-quarters. Things like AC used to be niche product here, they're flying off the shelves in recent years. I've had mine on for 12-13 hours a day some days, without it my apartment would be about 28 degrees warm, with the bedroom approaching 30.

PS: I know the Huntsman is harmless, but look at that fucker! I was once in a group video-chat back when I was a moderator in here, we had one from Australia. I suddenly saw a fist-sized spider on the dude's wall (not a Huntsman though), and pointed it out to him. He turned and looked, and then said; "nah, he's not dangerous, I'll send him home later." Culture is one helluva force for behavior!