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For people like me that don't know Australia:
>Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state, with a land area of 227,444 km2 (87,817 sq mi); the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 6.7 million;[3] and the most densely populated state[9] in Australia (29 per km2). Vict
Question for locals: do you need gas connections?
Side question: do you have fireplaces, gas or otherwise?
Local here. You don't need a gas connection if your house is all electric. A lot of new houses are all electric already, some bigger builders already do all electric.
Some houses have fireplaces both gas or actual fireplaces. I have a gas fireplace but I don't use it as I have solar and electric heating so it's much cheaper than running the gas heater.
I guess you don't have a wok.
You can get a propane burner to use outside that has WAY more BTUs than anything on your cooktop. It's how you're supposed to cook on a wok to get that signature flavor. You can't really do it on an indoor gas range. Also that amount of fumes would be toxic indoors.
I do, I have a gas cooktop. My previous house had induction so using a wok was very different though.