God? Who he?
One of the Perth bush fires reached about 200 metres from our house. We're right next to Canning River Regional Park where the only fire NOT to take out a few houses raged. Like most of the locals, we went for a quick sticky beak and watched the firies put out a few blazes. We turned round to walk home to find a 30 foot high wall of flame blocking our way and the wooden walkway ablaze. We decided to take the long route home instead.

I'm going to get up early tomorrow and have a walk through what's left of the park. The place is usually crawling with snakes so I should finally be able to see one thanks to the lack of ground cover (if they weren't all cooked). 7 years I've lived here and I seem to be the only person not to encounter snakes every few weeks.
( SteamedCleaner, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 12:34, 1 reply)

I Live
in urban Melbourne. Shouldn't really be any snakes but I've seen three (including today's) in the last year. Admittedly, I live close to the Yarra and our yard backs onto fields. And, the bottom of my garden is a fucking terraced jungle.

The first snake I saw I'd like to know what it was. Didn't see it's head - only it's back as it slithered past me. Blue-black it was with more tendency to blue. At least as thick as my fore-arm and I know we don't get Pythons down here.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 12:48, closed)

Tiger?..
Could have been a tiger snake, they can be banded or non banded and can have steely blue colouration to them. And are quite the chunkster in adult animals! Easily arm thickness.
( Bathory, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 13:01, closed)

You Mean.....?
I might family of the fuckers in my garden?

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 13:22, closed)

Aww
Yup, babies and all! All snuggled up in their slippery little love nest!
Or you could be colourblind :P
( Bathory, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 16:30, closed)