Bluey and the black snake

Wallace and his Son Andrew are two great guys resurfacing the road down to Anna's house and moving the huge fallen trees. Wallace is extremely knowledgeable about the Australian widelife and Aboriginal History, he's fascinating to listen to. As they were working they found a Blue Tongue Lizard (A Bluey)and a Red Bellied Black Snake. They found us to come and have a look, the snake was huge with a beautiful red belly, it was shedding a layer of skin. Although the snake has a poisonous bite they told us they are good to have around your garden because they eat the more deadly snakes. His friend got bitten by one once, he asked “What's it like?'
He replied, “I just saw a lot of pretty colours'.
Wallace handled the snake to move it to safety but we took a step back to watch, although we like to see a rainbow of beautiful colours we didn't fancy getting bitten.
The Lizard is also good to have around the home and it eats snails and other garden pests. They don't have a poisonous bite so Wallace showed us how to hold it. Both the lizard and snake were very sluggish due to the cool, wet weather, Wallace described them as being like solar powered.