graememw
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Published: by graememw
Source: me
Today I drove to Ourimbah to be picked up and driven to swansea so that 80 other apprentices and I could be welcomed into Energy Australia, neway, us coasties (all 10 of us) had to meet at Ourimbah rest area to be picked up on the way through and some of the guys went to find the toilets but came back saying, "OMG there's a huge *******ing snake over there about to go on the road." I asked where and ran over to see a nice adult diamond slowly making its way closer and closer to the road. As I approached it it stopped. Not wanting her to get hurt I just slowly stroked her and she did nothing, a little tap got just a bit of movement and she seemed cold to the touch and quite placid, i slowly picked her up and held her for a second to see how she reacted... she was great to handle. (please guys i dont want you to think i dont know what im doing, i know what could have happened and i know it was risky but what would you have done especially when only 15-20m away there were kids around) I answered a few questions from the other guys as they were curious about if it was poisonous/dangerous, what they eat etc etc then crossed the road and relocated her on a tree branch 10 metres or so into the bush out of harms way where she couldn't be run over or be subject to parents trying to "protect" their kids possibly by killing it... Here are some photos of the event. I was so excited to see a wild diamond for the first time...
P.S. Sorry about the crummy photos, they were from mobile phones that the guys had and wanted to take in just the brief time that I had her.
Source: me
Today I drove to Ourimbah to be picked up and driven to swansea so that 80 other apprentices and I could be welcomed into Energy Australia, neway, us coasties (all 10 of us) had to meet at Ourimbah rest area to be picked up on the way through and some of the guys went to find the toilets but came back saying, "OMG there's a huge *******ing snake over there about to go on the road." I asked where and ran over to see a nice adult diamond slowly making its way closer and closer to the road. As I approached it it stopped. Not wanting her to get hurt I just slowly stroked her and she did nothing, a little tap got just a bit of movement and she seemed cold to the touch and quite placid, i slowly picked her up and held her for a second to see how she reacted... she was great to handle. (please guys i dont want you to think i dont know what im doing, i know what could have happened and i know it was risky but what would you have done especially when only 15-20m away there were kids around) I answered a few questions from the other guys as they were curious about if it was poisonous/dangerous, what they eat etc etc then crossed the road and relocated her on a tree branch 10 metres or so into the bush out of harms way where she couldn't be run over or be subject to parents trying to "protect" their kids possibly by killing it... Here are some photos of the event. I was so excited to see a wild diamond for the first time...
P.S. Sorry about the crummy photos, they were from mobile phones that the guys had and wanted to take in just the brief time that I had her.
