wild coastal kenilworth sunny coast hinterland

[user 23122]

found this big old guy outside my brothers property at brooloo a little while back ime guessing it was male cause of the shape of his tail just seemed like big old rogue out lookin for a female covered in scars and ticks. There was a fair few loggin trucks comin through and intolerant chook farmer properties nearby so i took him for a short ride up into the state forest and let him go amongst the numerous cow patties and pine trees.

 

[bigi]

looks like he sized you up,

 

[TassieHerper]

good on ya mate. it is nice to see more and more people saving an otherwise threatend herp. great pics to mate.

 

[python_dan89]

awesome pics

 

[user 23122]

haha he did indeed infact he was the most aggressive carpet i have ever come across most of the coastals out there i have seen have been completely docile i think from the scars all over him that he had lived a very tough life and i certainly wasnt the first potential predator that he had been faced with, in a way i felt a bit sorry for the big guy lots of people out that way dont have much time for big snakes around their property dont know why? The main reason i relocated him was cause in fornt of us was a caravan full of bums who had had called my brother over several months earlier because of a large carpet under their caravan in which their fox terrier had quickly dispatched they where initially concerned because they had small children running around never mind the the browns.

 

[-Matt-]

Its a good area for carpets up there, I found one up there about a month back that just broke the 3m mark...was a very big snake!

 

[user 23122]

ime hearin ya ive seen some some real big ones up in the forestry especially late summer autumn some of them them spectacular others fairly drab also seen a heaps of browns, crowned , and on one occasion some sort of adder, not too mention the feral deer and pigs that roam the hills up there. I

Its a good area for carpets up there, I found one up there about a month back that just broke the 3m mark...was a very big snake!

 

[user 23122]

some of them have got heads like the back of your hand

 

[Basstones]

great pictures, love that area. The family used to have a property around there when I was growing up, always a bit of a suprise to see what you would find each time you went out. Always used to be a few regular's staying in the house, infact probably where my herp interest started.