What the??????
Reminds me of someone (who shall remain nameless) who saw some tangled bird netting the other day and wanted to shift it. Fortunately, it was the 'harmless' end of a brown snake which he unwittingly took hold of before realising what it was.
Needless to say, he dropped it very, very quickly!
A friend of mine was also telling me just yesterday that her father-in-law (they live on a dairy farm) was out watering the paddocks recently. Always mindful of snakes where there's water, he carefully dug out a pipe with his shovel before reaching down to unblock the outlet. As he did that, a small brown snake popped out of a crack in the ground and bit him on the finger!
Fortunately, it was only a quick nip which landed him in hospital for 24hr observation and left him feeling weakened for several days but otherwise unharmed....
They are definitely moving about Alison.
Still no sign of them at your place?
Teresa