saw a snake this morning
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saw a snake this morning
Postby seddo » Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:49 pm
2 foot brown snake on the bike path southern end of the cork plantation just before the concrete seat which overlooks the lake and GG res - little bugger reared up and had half a go
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Re: saw a snake this morning
Postby Ross » Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:53 pm
I saw one on Old Federal Hwy last time I raced out there. I nearly ran over it because I thought it was just a bit of bark at first then it started moving!
Last year around this time I saw a snake on the bike path around Lake Gininderra.
Last year around this time I saw a snake on the bike path around Lake Gininderra.
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Re: saw a snake this morning
Postby TonyMax » Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:09 pm
Seddo are you talking about here?
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If so that's on my commute I'll have to keep an eye out.
http://goo.gl/maps/YPI5z" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If so that's on my commute I'll have to keep an eye out.
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Re: saw a snake this morning
Postby Ross » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:41 am
is that the top of the hill as you come off Scrivener Dam and head back toward the city on the bike path?
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Re: saw a snake this morning
Postby seddo » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:44 am
Tony, about 15m north of that on the the down hillTonyMax wrote:Seddo are you talking about here?
http://goo.gl/maps/YPI5z" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If so that's on my commute I'll have to keep an eye out.
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Re: saw a snake this morning
Postby WarrenH » Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:48 pm
It is good to see snakes.
I was bitten by an Eastern Brown in the end of October 2012. I was on the Queanbeyan River Firetrail, in the Taliesin Hills above the Eastern foreshore of Googong Dam. I couldn't avoid the snake. The doctors that poked me and bled me at Woden said that I should have died, because it took a few hours to get me to Canberra Hospital. After being bitten, on average 23-28 minutes is all that one can expected to live ... without proper medical help.
It took several months before I could walk without repeatedly damaging muscles and to tolerate the pain from joint damage. The effect on the joints on the side that was bitten, from from ankle to my arm and shoulder has been an endurance, that I wish on no one.
I can post photos including how the wound looks today. It's still disappointing, 14 months after being bitten, if any one is particularly interested?
Good luck with snakes. This certainly hasn't stopped me from enjoying off road riding.
On a more pleasant note. I went up Old Joe recently, to the Northern Border markers where a beady eyed Blue Tongue Shingleback tried to stare-down one of my bars ends.
... but it was no contest, the Anthem didn't flinch.
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I was bitten by an Eastern Brown in the end of October 2012. I was on the Queanbeyan River Firetrail, in the Taliesin Hills above the Eastern foreshore of Googong Dam. I couldn't avoid the snake. The doctors that poked me and bled me at Woden said that I should have died, because it took a few hours to get me to Canberra Hospital. After being bitten, on average 23-28 minutes is all that one can expected to live ... without proper medical help.
It took several months before I could walk without repeatedly damaging muscles and to tolerate the pain from joint damage. The effect on the joints on the side that was bitten, from from ankle to my arm and shoulder has been an endurance, that I wish on no one.
I can post photos including how the wound looks today. It's still disappointing, 14 months after being bitten, if any one is particularly interested?
Good luck with snakes. This certainly hasn't stopped me from enjoying off road riding.
On a more pleasant note. I went up Old Joe recently, to the Northern Border markers where a beady eyed Blue Tongue Shingleback tried to stare-down one of my bars ends.
... but it was no contest, the Anthem didn't flinch.
Warren.
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Re: saw a snake this morning
Postby trailgumby » Thu Dec 05, 2013 8:36 pm
You have officially just scared the crap out of me. Strewth that's a worry.WarrenH wrote:I was bitten by an Eastern Brown in the end of October 2012. I was on the Queanbeyan River Firetrail, in the Taliesin Hills above the Eastern foreshore of Googong Dam. I couldn't avoid the snake. The doctors that poked me and bled me at Woden said that I should have died, because it took a few hours to get me to Canberra Hospital. After being bitten, on average 23-28 minutes is all that one can expected to live ... without proper medical help.
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Re: saw a snake this morning
Postby macca33 » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:57 pm
They're certainly out there - spotted a ~2ft Eastern Brown on last Sunday's bunch ride. Pays to leave them very much to their own devices!
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Re: saw a snake this morning
Postby gbyzh » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:40 pm
Ran over a blotched blue tongue skink today, along the 'Lower Monlonglo Corridor', pretty much at full tilt. Surprised to see it crawled away unhurt.
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