Part of the Lenah Valley Track That’s it! I am done with bushwalking for this season. Last week a friend and I did a bushwalk on the fringe of suburbia to look at New Town Falls. We hadn’t gone far when he said in big stage whisper, “Stay calm and walk very quietly.” He said it in an unusually serious tone, so I whirled around to see what his problem was. My friend now looked positively alarmed. There up on the bank a few steps back from where I had just walked was a rather large snake raising its head and looking slightly annoyed at being disturbed. I had been ahead on the track and now it lay between us. It slid down the bank halfway across the track and just stayed there for what seemed like eternity. Fortunately, it had settled down again, but showed no intention of moving. Ever. Close up- rather dodgy iPhone picture My friend tried rattling some bark to no avail. Eventually I threw a small rock into the bush intending to scare it. Though I aimed wel...
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