Snake Catcher Dean Park

In Dean Park, keep children and pets indoors and leave fence lines, stored materials and drainage edges undisturbed after the snake moves out of view.

When calling from Dean Park, 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.

A call from Dean Park may involve residential yards, drainage reserves, industrial edges, schools, garages and stored garden materials. Stop nearby activity and describe which feature the animal was closest to when it disappeared.

For warehouses, homes and industrial yards, stop work in the affected zone and keep forklifts, vehicles and staff away.

• residential yards: If the snake travels toward residential yards, note which side it entered and leave the area undisturbed.
• drainage reserves: Do not place hands, tools or cameras into gaps around drainage reserves; report only what you can see safely.
• industrial edges: Tell Harley whether industrial edges is open, enclosed, elevated or difficult to access from the street.
• schools: Use schools as a landmark when explaining the last known position; do not move closer to inspect it.
• garages: Identify the safest gate, path or building entrance leading toward garages without approaching the animal.
• stored garden materials: Keep people and pets away from stored garden materials until the sighting has been assessed.

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.

• Step back slowly and leave a clear route for the animal to move away.
• Bring children and pets inside, or move them to another secure part of the Dean Park property.
• Note its direction of travel rather than following it through vegetation or storage.
• Do not lift timber, equipment, pots or stored materials to search for it.
• If someone may have been bitten, call Triple Zero (000) immediately and follow the operator’s instructions.

For a Dean Park attendance, Harley combines formal training, specialist equipment and more than ten years of field experience under NSW General Licence MWL000102655.

The response is adjusted to the animal, the property layout and risks around residential yards rather than following a one-size-fits-all procedure.

The outcome depends on whether the animal remains at the Dean Park property and can be accessed safely; realistic advice is part of the service. Read about Harley’s training and experience or review the Greater Sydney snake-removal process.