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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

September 25, 2009 12:04pm

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Hi e veryone who rides castle. In the last 3 days ive seen 3 huge snake up the top. This morning was a 5ft red belly black just where they have cleared part of old squirrel (thats what we use to call it years ago)once over that old bridge and you get to thenew man made clearing he was just sitting there sunning himself and the browns were over the other side of the ramp up the top. There always seems to be travel marks from them on the fire roads, but they seem to be out and about lately, so just be aware. cheers

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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

September 25, 2009 12:36pm

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Might tell my snake friend here at work to go net a few for you lads... WoodyJNR

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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

September 25, 2009 04:56pm

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always wondered what i'd do if i was riding up a steep track with no escape either side and i ran in to a snake eg camp mountain... you can't exactly stop and turn around easily

where is castle

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September 25, 2009 05:07pm

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castle is back of Bundamba....

Think almost every ride ive done at OHV ive seen snakes.....ran over a red belly on Gully and seen him there another time, red belly on Snake down the bottom, big brown on FTA, Black snake on Epic and bottom of Western Ck and scored a bird spider in the face on Yowie....awesome fun...not!

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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

September 25, 2009 06:41pm

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I ran over a small brown snake at dasiy hill last weekend. Guess he must have been ok as it wasn't there when I turned around.

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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

September 25, 2009 07:56pm

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yeah you run em over and they usually get as much of shock as you do,and just want to get out of there.trouble is were' coming into that time of year when the browns are pretty fiesty and more likely

to have a go at you.i got chased by a big brown down near spider alley at castlehill a couple of

years ago,all i did was ride past him.I heard a rider got bit up at tamborine the other week,i guess

you just have to be unlucky.

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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

September 25, 2009 07:58pm Updated 25-09-2009 08:00 pm by castlehillbilly

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castlehill is blackstone hill Lettuce,theres details of it in the trails information section

http://www.mtbdirt.com.au/brisbane-trails/view/trail/16

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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

September 30, 2009 12:53pm

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Hey guys. Another HUGE brown down next to where the old car used to be this morn. He was sunning himself just as you enter the single track. Very very big. He was reared up,so not happy

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September 30, 2009 02:46pm

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this thread is giving me the he be gee bees. Now when I go down some unknown track I'm constantly checking out for browns and blacks

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September 30, 2009 07:31pm

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ive been going up to castle for 10 years now and i have never seen so much wild life. in the past week i have seen 3 big browns a redbelly black a huge frilly lizard, and to top it off yesterday a big dingo down the bottom. its a haven up there at the moment. Ive had 3 browns at home as well, so theyre thick everywhere

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September 30, 2009 08:39pm

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my friends nearby had a tiapan in the driveway the other day....also, I was slashing (cutting grass that is) and old easement on the property the other day knowing the nieghbour was bitten by a brown doing the same thing...not that I'm paranoid mind you....

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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

September 30, 2009 09:55pm

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Are folks seeing these snakes, espesh king browns, in the mornings at castle or midday? I've been riding after work at around 4:30 and yet to see one. TOUCH WOOD. But just my luck I'll likely be bitten by one tomorrow arvo...

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October 01, 2009 08:43am

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Quote: bserk

Are folks seeing these snakes, espesh king browns, in the mornings at castle or midday? I've been riding after work at around 4:30 and yet to see one. TOUCH WOOD. But just my luck I'll likely be bitten by one tomorrow arvo...

Not sure about the other guys as I'm in brissy but I believe they are active in the warmer part of the day. There are quite a few nocturnal snakes too but they are usually less aggressive - I have one in the workshop that sleeps in various boxes only to come out at night. Scares the c?+&p out of me when I least expect it.

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October 01, 2009 09:34am

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As for times its always morning i see them. Its their pattern to be out and about sunning themselves then, especially in the cool mornings. Younger snakes i believe are more out and about at night. Ive had a few young browns around the house at night, and a few nape snakes which are cute, they are out at night as they live on gheckos.I didnt see any this morning when i was up there. I think since the clearing of the hill tho, most who lived in the thick part of it are now vulnerable as all the clearing is through where the dense spots were, we see them more now because there is less thickness.

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October 01, 2009 10:54am

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A while ago I was out riding with Mad Mike up near Queen Mary Falls, we were flying down a long rocky section under the canopy of trees. When I got to the bottom Mike said to me "did you see the black snake you ran over" I said "nope" Mike said it was up looking for something to bite by the time he got to it so he had to bunny hop over it.

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October 01, 2009 10:55am

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Quote: lilted

As for times its always morning i see them. Its their pattern to be out and about sunning themselves then, especially in the cool mornings. Younger snakes i believe are more out and about at night. Ive had a few young browns around the house at night, and a few nape snakes which are cute, they are out at night as they live on gheckos.I didnt see any this morning when i was up there. I think since the clearing of the hill tho, most who lived in the thick part of it are now vulnerable as all the clearing is through where the dense spots were, we see them more now because there is less thickness.

ahh yes, I looked it up in my book and they are active during the day but juveniles sometimes nocturnal like you say. What's a nape snake?

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October 01, 2009 10:57am

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Quote: legs of steel

A while ago I was out riding with Mad Mike up near Queen Mary Falls, we were flying down a long rocky section under the canopy of trees. When I got to the bottom Mike said to me "did you see the black snake you ran over" I said "nope" Mike said it was up looking for something to bite by the time he got to it so he had to bunny hop over it.

he he, a good reason to train harder and be first all the time.

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October 01, 2009 12:59pm

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a nape snake sort of looks colouring of a brown with a black head with a red band around its neck. they are i spose like any snake capable of biting, but arent going to lay you on a slab.i have a reptile licence, but anything other than a python freaks me out.

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2 browns and a red belly black at castle

October 01, 2009 01:13pm

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Me too. I kind of like snakes, from about 10m away...the thing I don't like is the way some of them don't just run away, at least before they bite you.

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October 01, 2009 01:33pm

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i meant to say skinks before is what nape snake eat, not gheckos. Yeh yesterday was a bit close for me. I was running my 2 dogs with me when they ran passed the huge brown. My male dog stopped and sort of went towards it, and i screamed at him cause it had reared up at him. He stopped but my pup walked up to it. no joke it was nose to nose with this thing. I just about had a heart attack as it would of killed her being so young. I ran towards it and it couldnt deal with everything so it took off. The other half is saying to me what were you thinking., but i couldnt let the pup get bitten.The only thing that saved her it was still half asleep and it wasnt in the position to strike.