PS: The best way to stay safe from Drop Bears (their technical name is Phascolarctos Raptus) is to smear some Vegemite behind your ears, they can't stand it.
PPS: Lots of people are attacked by Magpies each year resulting in many cases of blindness, one trick that really works is wearing your sunglesses on the back of your head.
LMFAO
You cruel bastards! We want people visiting this great land, not canceling their trips and going elsewhere because of bad info! lol
Ignore this lot, Fluff. If you do want to avoid the Drop Bears, ignore Yoda's advice (vegemite behind the ears---really Yoda, that's poor knowledge), everyone knows Drop Bears are carnivorous. Listen Fluff, the only way to avoid Drop Bears completely is to avoid the states they inhabit as one of our many indigenous animals. Travel to Perth, WA instead and you will find no such Drop Bears. Just make sure, Fluff that you purchase a can of Killer Insect Spray (You can buy it through You tube for about $10 Aussie dollars). Unfortunately we do have some nasty, nasty insects and you may not retunr homw unless you do spray your body completely with this spray. Most of us here just use honey but the KIS spray works well too.
I hope your trip Down Under doesn't keep you down under!