Just after lunchtime today, Terrie and I were walking out on the track towards Kyffens Reserve. When all of a sudden, we encountered our first eastern brown of the upcoming snake season. It was barely 1.5 metres in front of us when it/we reacted, possibly quite badly. It assumed the typical brown snake strike response and we assumed the ' let's walk backwards really fast' response. After a few defensive lunges and a bit of 'nothing happening here' type stuff, we all went on our respective ways.
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, and coming across a brown snake was the last thing on my radar today.
We all lived to tell the tale.
Most snakes I see around here are red belly blacks.
The moral of the story is ' we all live in their backyard'. And some of them live in ours.
Things we saw today.
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supersparky
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Things we saw today.
Cheers
David
David and Terrie
2006 Winnebago Alpine
Not all who wander are lost.
David
David and Terrie
2006 Winnebago Alpine
Not all who wander are lost.
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Re: Things we saw today.
A few years ago, I was packing up at Taggerty.
A monster brown came out from under the house and across the 'porch' and down the drain where the porch light is. Still makes me nervous today.
A monster brown came out from under the house and across the 'porch' and down the drain where the porch light is. Still makes me nervous today.
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Re: Things we saw today.
Flamethrower ordered and lots of quick setting cement also ordered.I thought those wriggly sticks were supposed to run away from you not the other way around 
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