OMG Snake! →[More:]This monster was spotted by one of the kids, slithering its way into our shed (which we are living in while house building). It disappeared in amongst the stacked-up belongings in an area we have set aside for storing all the stuff we aren't currently using, so it had about 5,654¹² places to hide in.

Not knowing what sort of snake it was, but suspecting a brown snake, I decided not to seek it out myself, but to call in the experts. That turned out to be a good decision, as it was an Eastern Brown Snake, the second most venomous land snake in the world, second only to the Inland Taipan. The snake catcher said that a single drop of venom is enough to kill 16 healthy adults and that the snake can strike up to 12 times in a two-second period. It was also full of eggs and close to giving birth to 10-40 more of them.