>>1612849>>1613097Ausfag here. This is good advice.
They're put off by noise and generally they'll leave you alone if you leave them alone.
Keep food and water sealed/closed and out of reach.
ALWAYS keep your zips on your tents and sleeping bags closed. MAKE SURE your tent is one that zips fully closed, cuz they'll squeeze through a small hole.
You're more likely to bump into one in at dawn or dusk sunning themselves somewhere.
When you and your mates are pissing (everyone needs to pee, specially after a few beers) dont all just piss at the one same pissing spot/tree. Change spots as often as you can. I've been camping before with friends and had a snake chilling at the base of our "piss tree" because after 5 guys had been pissing there all night it'd made the ground warm.
When hiking, if there's a log across the path never step OVER the log. Step ON the log. ie: never put your feet where you cant see them.
Avoid long grass like the plague.
Always check your boots before you put them on.
Always check your sleeping bag/tent before you jump in.
Also dont camp anywhere where there's Taipans or other famously aggressive species of snake.
Easiest way to kill a snake is to catch one with a coke/beer can and some milk.
pour a tablespoon's worth of milk into the can and leave it sitting on it's side somewhere.
Snake'll go in to drink the milk but wont be able to get it's head out.
Use your shovel to take it's head off.
Realistically, snakes arent a problem. Be more worried about pic related and box jellyfish. Still no anti-venom for either of them yet, so whether you live or not is a straight up dice roll.
