Ah yes. Australia being small for a continent but still a large country, there must be lots of geographic diversity.

And not to mess too hard with your perfectly lovely analogy, but it was more like "But you guys have palm trees! I saw this poorly-made documentary once that said the palms invaded Australia and strangled out all of the rest of the native vegetation in the whole country. Now they're the only kind of tree on the whole island!" Stupid producers.

I hear drop bears can be fierce, but at least the toothpaste behind your ears helps you smell good, assuming you get a nice, minty flavor.