taking care
snakes so fragile
watch your step
Our local council has been putting up these signs at points along our coastal walking paths. Across summer Tiger Snakes have been spotted at a number of locations. This natural element certainly adds to the excitement of a stroll along the bushy pathways that wend their way for kilometres along our local coastline. We do get many international tourists who come to the bay for the sights and may think snakes such as this cute little Tiger snake are another tourist attraction to look for.
Haiku hound 
Should I visit this is not a sight this tourist would look for😱
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Our local government put them up for tourists, this is a recent initiative, there have always been snakes but only signs this year. my wife and i were chased by a Tiger snake on this part of coast path 30 years ago.
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You have snakes that chase you!! I thought that only happened in horror movies.
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Tiger snakes will chase, especially males in the mating season.
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O my goodness!! If I spotted a tiger snake or any snake, I would have ran SOOO fast. You have so much nerve, Denis~~ That snake does not look little…
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You only run when they chase. I have been hiking in wilderness on my own with a 20 kilo pack when a Tiger snake came at me across bushes at waist height, that was a challenge.
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?!?!?!? That sounds so not safe in so many way wahahah have you ever been bitten or attacked by one?
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Never bitten, I stood on a copperhead when I was young, but the snake went faster than me. I have been chased 3 times, the closest was with my wife not far from home on the coast path.
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I must say I am impressed by your snake stories– at a safe distance on this side of the world (I ‘m a bit squeamish when it comes to snakes)
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Snakes are part of life here in Australia Janice. Very few people however die from snakebite here even though we have most of the world’s top 10 dangerous snakes. Crocodiles and sharks take a lot more people.
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Well that’s good to know– that if you get a snake bite it usually wouldn’t be fatal. Perhaps if I grew up with more snakes around I wouldn’t be so jumpy (I have small garter snakes around here)
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More luck Janice, with a death Adder or Taipan bite they are usually fatal!! if you can get to a hospital an anti venom works for all other snakes, (usually)
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We do sometimes get snakes in our garden but I think they are of the harmless variety!!
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I like the sound of them Marje, leave some milk in a saucer for them
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I think I’d more likely screech and run! Especially if they looked anything like your Aussie snakes! Though my Malaysian grandmother was a toughie she hit a cobra with a broom… and lived to tell the tale.
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Your grandmother has a story there for you to tell Marje.
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Yes fortunately she has passed away but there is a story to tell…
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Looks like you may be writing it some day Marje
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I have plans to write a story based loosely on my dad’s life so it could feature in this… if and when I get round to it! Thanks for the thought. Need to gather some of my mum’s stories too!
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Families have a wealth of material good and bad for writing so good luck. I am in the early stages of a fictional work based on my uncle’s early life until he was killed in WW2 and then how this affected his family through to now.
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Thank you Denis. You’re uncle’s life story sounds like fascinating material.Good luck. 🙂
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Poisonous? Eeks, I would be terrified to leave the house.
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They often live under houses or in the roof in rural areas. Mainly mice encourage their presence. I have heard some great stories about snakes coming out of air conditioners and air vents.
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Geesh, there goes my stay in the house plans!
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