Snake Catcher Ashfield

In Ashfield, manage a sighting in a shared courtyard, garage or apartment area by keeping residents back and identifying the exact access point for Harley.

When calling from Ashfield, 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.

Ashfield properties may include older homes, apartment common areas, courtyards, garages, schools and rail-side gardens. These features change access and visibility, so the last known position is more useful than an uncertain species description.

On compact blocks and shared properties, isolate the immediate room, courtyard or common area without searching adjoining storage.

• older homes: Use older homes as a landmark when explaining the last known position; do not move closer to inspect it.
• apartment common areas: Tell Harley whether apartment common areas is open, enclosed, elevated or difficult to access from the street.
• courtyards: Do not place hands, tools or cameras into gaps around courtyards; report only what you can see safely.
• garages: If the snake travels toward garages, note which side it entered and leave the area undisturbed.
• schools: Pause gardening, storage or maintenance work around schools after a sighting.
• rail-side gardens: Where rail-side gardens 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.

• Create several metres of distance without sudden movement or noise.
• Move bystanders away from the Ashfield sighting without creating a crowd.
• Watch from a safe position and remember the last feature or boundary where it was visible.
• 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 Ashfield call-outs and operates under NSW General Licence MWL000102655.

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

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.