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AnnSteve The whole of the southern hemisphere has just hit summer and off all the countries you could pick to hike in, New Zealand is the only one that doesn’t have any venomous beasts in it that could attack you if you accidentally stood on one.
Australia has crocodiles, poisonous spiders and snakes.
South Africa just has wildlife in general that could eat you and South America probably has a few dangerous wild animals as well.
It’s also pushing 30c in just about every part of Australia right now with temps expected to go past 40c as we get closer to Christmas.