Both Holroyd city Council and Boral have erected snake warning signs along the Canal Reserve for good reason.
There have been many sightings of red bellied black snakes and brown snakes along the Canal Reserve and other cycleways that connect. It has obviously been a good breeding season so please take care when enjoying the reserve and if you see a snake, give it a wide berth.
The signs are also placed throughout Pemulwuy... where i seen the snake.
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The crazy thing is, if you have a snake in your house or yard... by law they need to be relocated in the same environment... so the snake handler will put it back into your yard or a neighbours without any warning
Brown snakes are the 2nd most venomous snake in the world... It's scary to think they are within 500m from my house in the natural habitat (or closer). luckily, there are only 2 -3 fatal deaths a year from snakes in Australia (majority of these are brown snakes).
Anyone going bushwalking in grasslands, bush or even the mountains etc should be really careful and usually there are no warning signs to remind people to be aware or alert.
Simmo.