It has always amused me that the tourists to the US that I’ve spoken to are often very excited to see raccoons, and disappointed if they don’t see them before they leave.
Some others I’ve noticed on the east coast of the US are blue jays and cardinals. Boy, do people get excited about those if they’ve never seen them before! Very pretty birds of course, just very easy to get used to and see as uninteresting as well.
Kangaroos are the clear winner in my experience, but we’ve also got possums and various parrots (e.g. sulphur crested cockatoos). Wombats too but they’re less common to see.
Seeing a Wombat in the wild is a dream of mine.
Happened to me three times. One in particular was like a little furry tank and did not mind tryingbto bowl us over to get back to his home.
Wait till you get chased by one
Also koalas, red back spiders, blue ring octopus and great white shark.
Yeaay spiders, I’d really look forward to see the spiders!