Further north, spectacular mountain ranges and desert. Lots of salt lakes. Australians visiting other countries are often asked about the Australian wildlife. Other favourites are koalas, wombats, echidnas and crocodiles. Not because they're not there, but because they're asleep.
Most Australian animals are nocturnal.
We can occasionally see a koala asleep in a tree up in the Adelaide hills. In the country towns, of course, encounters with native animals are much more numerous. But even in Adelaide, in West Lakes, we have snakes. You need to be careful, though in the Australian north, not in Adelaide, on the beaches and in the rivers. There are plenty of crocs.