Snake Catcher St Leonards

A St Leonards call-out may require building or facility coordination. Ask security to keep the route clear and provide exact basement, dock or floor details.

When calling from St Leonards, 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.

St Leonards properties may include high-rise apartments, commercial buildings, health precincts, car parks, service areas and nearby leafy streets. 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.

• high-rise apartments: Use high-rise apartments as a landmark when explaining the last known position; do not move closer to inspect it.
• commercial buildings: Tell Harley whether commercial buildings is open, enclosed, elevated or difficult to access from the street.
• health precincts: Do not place hands, tools or cameras into gaps around health precincts; report only what you can see safely.
• car parks: If the snake travels toward car parks, note which side it entered and leave the area undisturbed.
• service areas: Pause gardening, storage or maintenance work around service areas after a sighting.
• nearby leafy streets: Where nearby leafy streets 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 high-rise apartments.
• Ask workers, visitors and neighbours to use another entrance or area.
• Keep visual contact only while you can remain on stable, open ground.
• 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.

Licensed work in St Leonards is completed by Harley Jones, an experienced wildlife relocator operating under NSW General Licence MWL000102655.

Equipment and positioning are selected for the actual St Leonards setting, with safe capture and humane relocation as the objective.

When no snake can be found, Harley will not pretend the site is certain to be clear. He will identify the remaining uncertainty and provide practical next steps. Read about Harley’s training and experience or review the Greater Sydney snake-removal process.