One of my legs fel into a hole in Ceduna as I was checking out some land there. I didn't know it was used as an unofficial dump for the town and was just covered over and smoothed off. My leg went in up to the knee and all I felt was a banging and thrashing against my leg. I looked down and sure enough, a big brown. A big one. Nesting I guess. I was on it so it couldn't get me...But I knew it would work loose. I wasn't sure what to do, stay or try and get out. My other leg was on ground level so I braced on it and sort of leapt away as high as I could. As I was moving I saw the snake gather itself up and bolt...Probably as scared as I was.

I had nightmares for months to be honest. It was a close call. A bit and and I would have been dead inside an hour. It was Ceduna so the medical facilities were rudimentary.