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

Living together with nature is part of what makes Canberra truly special as a location to call home, but that relationship with the natural world comes with trade-offs that residents discover to browse over time, and few are more instantly felt than the routine presence of spiders within and arou

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