Comments on: Fear of Snakes in the Arid Region of South Australia http://www.southimage.net/wilderness-travel/snakes-arid-region-south-australia.php The Life and Times of a Compulsive Wilderness Photographer Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:30:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laurie http://www.southimage.net/wilderness-travel/snakes-arid-region-south-australia.php/comment-page-1#comment-13335 Laurie Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:45:40 +0000 http://www.southimage.net/wilderness-travel/snakes-arid-region-south-australia.php#comment-13335 Oh, come on Nick. Give us another snake story, Mate. Oh, come on Nick. Give us another snake story, Mate.

]]> By: Nick http://www.southimage.net/wilderness-travel/snakes-arid-region-south-australia.php/comment-page-1#comment-13334 Nick Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:23:28 +0000 http://www.southimage.net/wilderness-travel/snakes-arid-region-south-australia.php#comment-13334 I am not as afraid of snakes as you say you are. I treat them with respect but I do not mind looking at them if I come across one..from a reasonable distance. If they nesting near the house "dey gotta go" I am afraid. I have a 16mm or so iron bar about 1.8 m long. It's there for that sad purpose and very good for it. Our dog keeps finding them, and that worries me. She seems to know they are not quite right and keeps her distance, but like most dogs _just will NOT leave them alone_! One time a couple of years back I was weeding around the house, with my previous (lazy and totally non-hunter_ dog lying next to me. I had just reached out to pull some weeds and a 4' red banded gwarda glided past about a foot from my hand. You have never seen someone "freeze so fast". I waited until was a few feet away and suggested to my wife (on the other side of the house) that might like to retire quickly away, and sure enough it went straight under the house and out about where she had been working. It had a tunnel into the septic system, and had shot down it. I never saw it again. Hah! I rang the local reptile centre to try to ID the snake. The guy said "Oh we haven't got one of theose. If you see it again can you just bag it up for us?" Yeah right. I also work on the (probably erroneous) theory that where there be goannas there be no snakes...however. Several more snake stories but this is your site! Nick I am not as afraid of snakes as you say you are. I treat them with respect but I do not mind looking at them if I come across one..from a reasonable distance. If they nesting near the house “dey gotta go” I am afraid.

I have a 16mm or so iron bar about 1.8 m long. It’s there for that sad purpose and very good for it.

Our dog keeps finding them, and that worries me. She seems to know they are not quite right and keeps her distance, but like most dogs _just will NOT leave them alone_!

One time a couple of years back I was weeding around the house, with my previous (lazy and totally non-hunter_ dog lying next to me. I had just reached out to pull some weeds and a 4′ red banded gwarda glided past about a foot from my hand. You have never seen someone “freeze so fast”. I waited until was a few feet away and suggested to my wife (on the other side of the house) that might like to retire quickly away, and sure enough it went straight under the house and out about where she had been working. It had a tunnel into the septic system, and had shot down it. I never saw it again. Hah! I rang the local reptile centre to try to ID the snake. The guy said “Oh we haven’t got one of theose. If you see it again can you just bag it up for us?” Yeah right.

I also work on the (probably erroneous) theory that where there be goannas there be no snakes…however.

Several more snake stories but this is your site!

Nick

]]> By: Rita http://www.southimage.net/wilderness-travel/snakes-arid-region-south-australia.php/comment-page-1#comment-13174 Rita Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:29:12 +0000 http://www.southimage.net/wilderness-travel/snakes-arid-region-south-australia.php#comment-13174 What a wonderful site you have, Laurie. I like the stories and photos, they remind me on my few trips to Outback Australia. I especially like this story. I think I'd rather meet a sleepy than a snake, but I don't have a great fear of snakes (yet). I found the thought interesting that when a sleepy is around there might be no snakes. Keep up the good work, and I come back. See ya, Rita What a wonderful site you have, Laurie. I like the stories and photos, they remind me on my few trips to Outback Australia.
I especially like this story. I think I’d rather meet a sleepy than a snake, but I don’t have a great fear of snakes (yet). I found the thought interesting that when a sleepy is around there might be no snakes.
Keep up the good work, and I come back.
See ya, Rita

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