Do we need a "how to be australian and live to tell about it" handbook?

It seems like you can't go a week or two in Australia without hearing about stories of someone dying from a shark attack or jellyfish or getting swept off some rocks, not to mention the number of people killed in car accidents.

For example, here are some recent stories:

No sign of shark pack after Qld death

Swimmer's 'shark' scream ignored as joke

Lifesavers sound warning after jellyfish death

And, especially for us who didn't grow up living with such natural "crisis waiting to happen" areas (well, bears maybe? but not in southern Ontario), there should really be a manual describing where you should and shouldn't go. I mean, what's up with Australia? New Zealand has none of these poisonous snakes and spiders that Oz has ...

Just a thought.