Agreed on regional advice variations. My understanding is if you see a snake, you stop, and wait - it'll likely go away (if it's noticed you) or keep going the

Agreed on regional advice variations. My understanding is if you see a snake, you stop, and wait - it'll likely go away (if it's noticed you) or keep going the way it was going (if it hasn't). We've unknowingly stepped over death adders before, and only noticed when we went back the same way. They're the fastest striking snake on the planet, and do themselves no favours by staying very still (they're ambush predators) despite large humans stomping around near them -- but I gather strikes are relatively rare. Never actually seen a Tiger snake - my neighbour saw it near their pool, but it's very late summer, and while they're poikilothermic, I doubt they feel especially energetic or antagonistic in 40C heat. Anyway, apparently it hid in the grass, then wandered off when the humans got too close (they thought they'd seen something there while gardening, but weren't sure -- they were not looking for the snake).