That is one of the biggest tree snakes I've ever seen. ... This picture taken on August 5, 2013 shows a snake catcher holding a green tree snake he recovered from a house in Sydney.

Otherwise, it's a tree here or there in a suburban backyard or two. But recently, Sydney councils have noticed an increasing trend of what they call "tree vandalism" - much of it on public land.

But she got a surprise when she found tree snakes ranging from 1.5 feet to more than 3 feet all coiled around her plumbing. ... Illustrative photo of an Australian tree snake being held in Sydney.

With ‘Straya being ‘Straya, this isn’t the first time a snake has wreaked havoc on a flight. In 2023, a Qantas flight from ...

Five brown tree snakes can be seen crawling in the video, hiding in various places along the roof’s crawl space. “No wonder there’s so many skins everywhere,” he says.

A man was terrified to discover nearly 100 venomous snakes in a writhing black knot in his backyard. “Just seeing that amount in one group, it gives you a bit of the shudders,” David Stein said.

Sydney's Secret Tree Killings. By ABC News. March 1, 2001, 7:46 PM. March 23 -- Ask anyone who's been to Sydney, and they'll tell you views of the Australian city's famous harbor are to die for.

One myth that still gets brought up from time to time is that most venomous snakes don't climb — ie. if you see a snake in a tree or on a roof, it's either a harmless tree snake or a python.

"That tree down in front of us here," she points to an iconic Sydney red gum, which is now skeletal, "it's 100 years old, 20m (65ft) high." "You cannot replace that. That's generations worth of ...