Living together with nature is part of what makes Canberra really unique as a location to call home, but that relationship with the natural world features trade-offs that locals find out to navigate gradually, and few are more right away felt than the regular existence of spiders within and aroun

Canberra's special design as a purpose‑built bush capital-- filled with extensive green strips and nature reserves that cut directly through suburban areas such as Aranda, Cook, and Hughes-- offers an especially favorable setting for spiders to take a trip effortlessly from bushland into backyard

Canberra's relationship with its natural surroundings is one of the specifying features of the city's character-- organized green corridors, expansive parklands, and the integration of bush reserves within domestic areas produce a living environment that many capital cities can just envy. However