I’ve been working on a construction site. As we were driving yesterday, we were stopped in our tracks by an eastern brown snake. It was big — about five foot, or as long as I am tall. It fat, as thick as my wrist.
It was also deadly. The eastern brown snake is the ‘second most toxic land snake in the world’, according to Wikipedia.
We got out of the 4WD to take photos. The snake looked at us for a while, then darted very fast into the grass next to the road. It was beautiful and wriggly.
OMG! I am petrified of worms let alone snakes! Is this a common occurrence were you are with snakes just wandering around the roads?
I think once you leave the city it’s quite common to see snakes in summer time. Although, the construction workers tell me that this is one of the biggest snakes that they’ve ever seen.