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Ausfag here, from the land of the cuntiest snakes on earth.
I had the same problem when I first got into the outdoors. The best thing you can do is educate yourself on snakes and familiarize yourself with them.
Your local zoo should have a decent collection of the kind of snakes endemic to your local area. Usually the keepers are happy to talk to you about them and can put your fears to rest.
Snakes aren't psychopathic death machines out to bite your ankles. They're just fucking shitty reptiles who want to bludge on a rock somewhere 90% of the time.
Here's some facts that should put your fears to rest:
>Snakes will hear you coming and fuck right off, especially if you have a heavy footfall
>The vast majority of bites happen when retards handle them or harass them
>The vast majority of bites do not have poison. It takes a lot of energy to reproduce the poisons so most of the time the first (or warning) bite will be poison-less. That said, if you get bitten, treat it as normal and get the fuck to the hospital.
At the end of the day, the snake doesn't want to tangle with you any more than you want to deal with it. It's entirely possible that you'll never see a snake in the wild. If you do, back off, and just leave it alone. It will probably leave of it's own accord. Learn to prepare your camp and buy equipment that will stop snakes sneaking into it. Learn the proper first aid for snake bites.
You'll be fine.
