N.P.D. Beware

[rayke1938]

Brown snakes very prevalent. Waterboard employee bitten last week.

Luckily the snakes fangs did not penetrate the skin as she was wearing thick jeans.

Make certain you are wearing thick daks and boots.

Cheers

Ray

[STU]

I think I will give that place a miss till winter thanks ray

[Terry H]

"Make certain you are wearing thick daks and boots."

No idea what they are...

:laugh:

I'm in the same boat as STU then.

[Dan23]

What do people reckon your chances of survival are if you got bitten by a brown whilst say 500m from the nearest road and on your own? Even if you had a mobile to call for help it'd take ages for someone to come get you and if you tried to walk out on your own you'd just spread the poison around your body.

I reckon it's pretty crazy to go there at the moment but then again the place Lee took us to a few weeks ago was also pretty dangerous IMO. Didn't seem to worry the big fella though :laugh: but I was pretty sure I was going to die

[kevinchen19870316]

and i nearly died

[Bommie]

"In Australia there are about 3,000 snake bites per year, of which 200 to 500 receive antivenom; on average one or two will prove fatal. About half the deaths are due to bites from the brown snake; the rest mostly from tiger snake, taipan and death adder. Some deaths are sudden, however in fact it is uncommon to die within Four hours of a snake bite."

[Dan23]

That's reassuring. Where'd you find that info?

[Bommie]

internet, also my old boss got bitten by a brown and it took 1, 1/2hrs to get to the hospital and get the anti-venom in him, he said the anti-venom was more painful then the snake bite

[Dan23]

Yeah, I remember last summer a guy got bitten by a brown that he saw when he was gardening but he didn't even know he was bitten until he felt sick a little later.

[geebz]

Reminds me of a funny news article from darwin a few years ago.

Heres a article about the same incident but there was another one that was alot better written...

Darwin: "I still can't believe they've chopped my arm off," Gordon Lyons told reporters from his hospital bed at the Royal Darwin Hospital after recovering from a 6-week coma induced by chronic snakebite. Lyons told reporters that his troubles began after a heavy drinking session when he decided to catch a snake to put into the fish tank of his local pub. "I saw what I thought was a python," Lyons told reporters, "but it was actually a deadly King Brown. I grabbed it with my left hand because I was holding a beer in my right, but it got loose, grabbed the web of my left hand and bit me. Its fangs were so big it actually ripped my hand open - but I finally wrestled it into a sack. Then - for some stupid reason - I shoved my hand in the bag, and the snake was so angry by then that it bit me another 8 times before I could get my hand out. I started to lose consciousness about then, but luckily my mate kept me awake until the ambulance came by whacking me in the head and pouring beer on me." Doctors later confirmed that Lyons' arm had to be amputated because the snake venom prevented the blood from clotting, and that he is probably the most ill snakebite victim in Australia to ever recover. "At least I've got my life," Lyons sighed resignedly. "That's the most important thing"

(Source: Hong Kong Sunday Herald Sun)

[Dinodadog]

As well as the snakes being a prob, the water has now moved into the grass and it is very hard to get a lure into the water as you have to cast over 20 or so ft of grass to get to open water,except for at macgavins.

Dino

[Aaron H]

Being a shorts and rubber thongs fisherman I'll stick to boats and kayaks till about April I think:unsure:

[Feral]

Spinnerbait time Dino, had the same problem at Theodore, was the only thing I could get back over the grass!