They're about !

Signman If you leave the blacks alone, they will keep the tigers and browns away as trhey will eat them if they get the chance. And at lest you can see them
Cheers Pete

Bloody hell Signman
You live in a very snakey environment. And all friendly varieties! :-)

Or you accidently tread on them, or you accidently disturb them and make quick movements close to them.
That picture is nasteee. Hope it wasn't you in it...

Nice one Davoe ( the snake I mean) Take care of the bite. I have one on my toe from a waqter dragon that has taken about 11 mths to heal. I got it infected.
Vince

Vince thanks for posting that. I have a few around here, and I'll give em a wide berth too !

There was a funny story behind the bite.
We had been swimming in the river and got out to have a beer.
The mate that was with me is a keen photographer and was trying to get a close up of the Dragon. As soon as he got closer than about 1.5 m, the dragon would move another metre away.
I was just sitting at the table with beer in hand watching. When the mate gave up on the close up's, he returned to his beer.
A few min later I asked where the dragon had dissapeared to. His statement was that it was most likely sneaking up on us for a close up. With the words just out of his mouth the &*^@% thing latched on to my toe and heard on.
We both rolled around that much that both beers were knocked off the table.
When I got home a few days later, I was logging the trip on the computer and there on the map were the words "here be Dragons" The mate still reckons he did not enter it.

Vince

yes footy that was yesterday i usually take more care because he gets reeely hungry after i come back from work
it wasnt an aggresive bite but rather a food response. he let go straightaway and i handled him afterwards with no worries

Davoe, you'd know this. Years ago I was told that snakes don't like to cross a rope as they don't like the feel of it .
Old wives tale or any truth ?

Almost certainly old wives tale
- i will try and test it

Hmmm now that im thinking about it all small animals will upon reaching a boundary follow it. this is the basis of pit traps for fauna surveys. A large rope would possibly act as a bit of a barrier and they may not necc go over but rather followthe boundary

Davoe, that sounds right. Old bushie I knew as a kid said he always put a rope right around his tent...may have been something in it I guess.

You will probably find that the rope will need to be an old Hempen rope as the modern poly rope is too slippery, the theory being that the Hempen rope is Hairy and the animals do not like getting there bellies tickled.
Well I think that sounds reasonable!!!

eerfree

Not unless the baked beans was the last can in the cooks repertoire :))
Naah, walk with stick thumping on ground if the situations sus. Have radios turned on for company. Swear at dill who packed the back (me !)when unloading etc etc .