Living together with nature is part of what makes Canberra really special as a location to call home, but that relationship with the natural world features compromises that locals discover to navigate in time, and few are more right away felt than the regular presence of spiders within and around… Read More

Couple of things interfere with the comfort and sense of security within a home quite as successfully as a spider encounter at the wrong moment, and in Canberra, where the variety and density of regional spider types is shaped by the city's special position within a heavily vegetated, high-altitu… Read More

Canberra's bond with its natural surroundings forms the city's identity-- attentively created green passages, vast parklands, and bush reserves woven into property districts produce a habitable setting that numerous capitals can only admire. Yet this intimate nearness to native bush also ensures … Read More