Snake Catcher Wahroonga

Wahroonga’s established gardens and older rock walls can conceal movement quickly. Close accessible garage doors only if it is safe and do not block the snake’s route.

When calling from Wahroonga, explain whether the animal is indoors or outside, whether it remains visible, and whether children, pets, customers, livestock or workers are nearby. Harley can then assess the immediate risk and the safest access.

Around Wahroonga, large leafy blocks, established gardens, bushland edges, schools, garages and rock walls can create several possible routes and shelter points. Leave those places undisturbed after the snake moves out of sight.

Steep gardens, bushland boundaries and layered decks can make following a snake unsafe; remain on stable ground and report its direction instead.

• large leafy blocks: Use large leafy blocks as a landmark when explaining the last known position; do not move closer to inspect it.
• established gardens: Tell Harley whether established gardens is open, enclosed, elevated or difficult to access from the street.
• bushland edges: Do not place hands, tools or cameras into gaps around bushland edges; report only what you can see safely.
• schools: If the snake travels toward schools, note which side it entered and leave the area undisturbed.
• garages: Pause gardening, storage or maintenance work around garages after a sighting.
• rock walls: Where rock walls is shared, ask one person to control access and another to meet Harley.

A sighting does not establish that there is a nest or more than one snake. Avoid assumptions about species, numbers or where the animal has gone; preserve the last reliable observation instead.

• Avoid approaching from either side, particularly around large leafy blocks.
• Move bystanders away from the Wahroonga sighting without creating a crowd.
• Use a fixed landmark near large leafy blocks to describe the last known position.
• Do not spray the animal, throw objects or try to force it into the open.
• If someone may have been bitten, call Triple Zero (000) immediately and follow the operator’s instructions.

Harley Jones brings more than a decade of reptile-handling experience to Wahroonga call-outs and operates under NSW General Licence MWL000102655.

He assesses access around large leafy blocks, keeps other people outside the working area and completes humane relocation when capture is possible.

A concealed snake may move beyond a workable capture area. Harley will describe the limits of the inspection rather than offer a false guarantee. Read about Harley’s training and experience or review the Greater Sydney snake-removal process.