Well I know they exist but they're very uncommon, even out in the bush. Usually people OS see a pic of one of the huntsman family and think it's some sort of huge deadly spider.
But the tarantulas aren't deadly anyway.
All sorts of spiders are everywhere but I've never seen anybody that has been bitten get really sick

Plenty of people have an irrational fear of them though, even folks that have been here all their lives.
Spiders and snakes don't bother me. It's stuff in the sea that kinda freaks me out...jellyfish, sharks and other crazy things that can creep up on you.