Snake Catcher Castle Hill

Castle Hill combines established gardens and retaining walls with busy commercial and community sites near places such as Castle Hill Heritage Park and Cockayne Reserve. Explain whether the animal is near a house, a reserve edge or an active work area.

When calling from Castle Hill, 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 Castle Hill, Castle Hill Heritage Park, Cockayne Reserve, large established gardens, business parks, schools and retaining walls can create several possible routes and shelter points. Leave those places undisturbed after the snake moves out of sight.

For acreage and semi-rural attendances, identify the safest gate, nearest building and any livestock or machinery before Harley arrives.

• Castle Hill Heritage Park: Keep people and pets away from Castle Hill Heritage Park until the sighting has been assessed.
• Cockayne Reserve: Identify the safest gate, path or building entrance leading toward Cockayne Reserve without approaching the animal.
• large established gardens: Pause gardening, storage or maintenance work around large established gardens after a sighting.
• business parks: Where business parks is shared, ask one person to control access and another to meet Harley.
• schools: Do not place hands, tools or cameras into gaps around schools; report only what you can see safely.
• retaining walls: If the snake travels toward retaining walls, note which side it entered and leave the area undisturbed.

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 Castle Hill Heritage Park.
• Nominate one person to observe while everyone else remains clear.
• 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.

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

Appropriate containment and a controlled route through the Castle Hill property help protect residents, workers and the reptile.

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.