Snakes

I have an amazing walk to work each morning. I park in a suburb on the edge of the city called New Farm. I walk up to the cliffs overlooking the Brisbane River, so get a view of the changing city each morning and evening, often with both day and evening vistas. Two weekends ago, the Brisbane newspaper had an article on snakes in New Farm. Since then, I've been looking for the snakes, and I found them on Friday. Today I took the camera in to take some shots. The above shot represents the view back to the city, so note the foliage in the foreground.

In that foliage, are a number of snakes. They are carpet pythons, so are quite harmless and docile. They've also got an excellent position. The fact that they live in the trees on the side of a cliff means they're unlikely to be moved on. If you click on the image above, you should be able to get a bit better definition, and you should see that this one was about 7 ft long. I wish I had the camera yesterday, as there were around 5 snakes lazing in the sun, with one that I think was closer to 10ft. I don't know the biology of the snakes, but I guess it was the mum!

I'd love to take Ethan down for a look. The great thing is that as you walk along the cliff top walk, you don't just see snakes, but also spiders and lizards on a warm day. You can even people watch if you want to. As much as I'm scared of a lot of creepy crawly insects, most of these ones are of the non-venomous variety, and in the main are far more scared of us than we of them.

Ciao for Now, Lovin' the Sexy Snakes Angry Dad.