You can't choose your neighbours.

So I love living where I do - middle of nowhere, where I'm free to run around in the nuddy, lot's of land to grow fruit trees to feed the dam possums, and the purest water and air on the planet (if you don't consider possum poo in the water supply as a pollutant.. which I don't.  Note to visitors.. only warning you get.).

But there is one down side. I have neighbours who.. well.. frankly.. im not keen on.  We found out we had a Tiger snake under the cattle grid a couple of months ago.  There has been one there, on and off since we lived here, and come to think of it, the last owners also warned us it was a favourite home.  Today, when I went down to look, there was two. 

How do I feel about this? Well.. obviously, Im happy for the snake.  It's a lonely walk (slither) though life if you can't share it with someone.  And to be fair, they seem to keep to themselves, and don't keep us awake all night with snakey sex.  (Hopefully they'd say the same about us.). 

It's just.. well.. I'm not keen on snakes per se. I'm what you'd call snake intolerant - I'd even admit to being Snakist..  And now, I have 200 percent more snake to worry about.  That's a big jump!    We should have suspected we had a new neighbour - Kylie pulled a snake skin out of the grass near the cattle grid which was over 1 metre long - and I said 'Hmm.. didnt think our snake was that big".  Wait for the penny to drop.. wait.. wait.. nope.  No penny - until today when I see them both.  And the new one - the longer one actually came out from under the cattle grid to look at me as if to say 'What are you looking at fat boy?'.

Well.. you can't pick your neighbours I guess - and to be honest, these one's are nicer than the ferrals we lived next door to in Sydney - but that's another story. 

p.s.  when I went back to get my camera.. the 2nd one had dissapeared. OH WAIT -  IT'S BEHIND YOU!!!  Just kidding.

p.p.s  a guy in WA was bitten on the toe by a tiger snake a couple of weeks ago, whilst sitting at his computer.  The snake was only 30 centimetres long - and the man died because he delayed seeking treatment.  Dam internet porn strikes again.

p.p.p.s Tiger snakes are not regarded as aggresive, but are one of the deadliest in the world.  Not aggresive.. that is until they've had a couple of drinky poos!