You can live in the countryside and share it with these interesting neighbors so long as you become educated and make smart choices about your environment. They are very much part of life in rural Australia, you just have to accept that.
They certainly make an unusual garden pest and stories of our adventures with them keep our city friends enthralled - it might also explain why they prefer to visit us in the cold winter months.
Why not share your story about garden snakes here?
** Tell us your most interesting story.
** Offer advice and suggestions on how to rid the garden of these pests (remember the ones in my garden are capable of killing - they are not the kind you want).
** What ideas do you have to protect pets from garden snakes?
** Share a funny story with us. (I find once the subject of snakes comes up everyone has a story, and many are hilarious).
Send in your ideas and suggestions so the rest of us can learn how to live in harmony with them.
Some people use bird netting 
