Snake Catcher Artarmon

Artarmon’s mix of residential and industrial land means a call-out may involve common property, a loading area or a private garden. Keep access clear without moving stored materials.

When calling from Artarmon, 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.

Artarmon properties may include industrial sites, apartment gardens, leafy streets, rail-side vegetation, parks and garages. These features change access and visibility, so the last known position is more useful than an uncertain species description.

Shared gardens, apartment access and busy streets make a single meeting point and one nominated contact particularly useful.

• industrial sites: Pause gardening, storage or maintenance work around industrial sites after a sighting.
• apartment gardens: Where apartment gardens is shared, ask one person to control access and another to meet Harley.
• leafy streets: Keep people and pets away from leafy streets until the sighting has been assessed.
• rail-side vegetation: Identify the safest gate, path or building entrance leading toward rail-side vegetation without approaching the animal.
• parks: Use parks as a landmark when explaining the last known position; do not move closer to inspect it.
• garages: Tell Harley whether garages is open, enclosed, elevated or difficult to access from the street.

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.

• Create several metres of distance without sudden movement or noise.
• Ask workers, visitors and neighbours to use another entrance or area.
• Watch from a safe position and remember the last feature or boundary where it was visible.
• Never touch, trap, corner, poke or attempt to kill the snake.
• If someone may have been bitten, call Triple Zero (000) immediately and follow the operator’s instructions.

A professional Artarmon response requires calm scene control, appropriate equipment and lawful handling; Harley operates under NSW General Licence MWL000102655.

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

If the snake has left industrial sites or cannot be located, capture cannot be guaranteed. Harley will explain what was checked and what should happen next. Read about Harley’s training and experience or review the Greater Sydney snake-removal process.