Many Australians are happy to use a basic swag and sleep on the ground with a mossie net.
Actually, snakes are not what worry me but scorpions and spiders.
Which is why if it is actually sleeping on the ground and not in a swag, I keep the boots on, sleeves down, gloves on and a head net over a cap.
Never had a problem.
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