Australian Snakes

Swooping Magpies: A Nasty Australian Bad Thing

17 September 2010 Australia's Bad Things

Following the snakes awaking post on Monday, you’d think the best thing to do would be to keep your eyes on the ground checking for danger. Well, it’s not as simple as that! Because at the same time as those snakes are surfacing from their winter slumber, nests are being built in trees. Nests for [...]

The Top Ten Australian Wildlife Pictures

11 August 2010 Australia's Bad Things

So I have this category called Australia’s bad things. This is where I talk about the frightening killers that roam freely around Australia, like the spiders, snakes, the crocodiles and the sharks to name just some. But as I’m sure anyone who reads this blog regularly will already know, I don’t really think they are [...]

Death by Dangerous Creatures in Australia 2009

6 January 2010 Australia's Bad Things

I’m sure some of you may have been mildly interested in my video at the beginning of the week about our second full year living in Australia, the highlights of 2009, but I am sure that what you really want to know about 2009 is what did Australia’s Bad Things achieve during the year. How [...]

Scared of Australian Snakes and Spiders?

17 November 2009 Australia's Bad Things

Many people would love to live in Australia and dream of moving here at some point. But also for many the fear of snakes and spiders in Australia may just be enough to put them off the idea. So what’s it really like when you do live in Australia? Acclimatisation – getting used to Australian [...]

Australian Snakes and Death: Continued

15 July 2009 Australia's Bad Things

In my first post about snakes I explained that the Brisbane area has eight snakes that can kill. Nationwide though, Australia has around 140 different species of snake of which 12 can kill. We have another 30 or so sea snakes. So, it’s worse than you thought right? Wrong! According to my research, there have [...]