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I saw the first snakes for the season in my area this week at a local walking track. I passed a black snake then ran into a Tiger a couple hundred metres down the track; I had to kill it since it had my dog cornered.

I wasn't sure if the dog had been bitten so I asked the vet on the way home and she said the dog would be dead in 10 minutes from a Tiger snake bite.

More tragically I heard about a death from Tiger snake bite in my home town of Orbost - a young man on the river bank bitten on the arm.

I might restrict my spring bush walks to cold days.

Watch where your walking and wear long pants!