Riding with snakes

Out yesterday on the Hyper for ride over the green mountain (https://vimeo.com/75692951), which is getting less green as the summer approaches. It was a glorious sunny morning, about 10km from home I see a Brown Snake (one of Australia's many venomous snakes) curled up on the road, someone has hit it I think as I ride past. Onwards to the twisty mountain road and about two thirds of the way in I come out of a tight right hander and there is another Brown Snake, about 1.7m long, fully stretched in my path, in a nano second I am straight over it plumb in the middle. I'm committed to the next corner and don't check my rear view mirror, strewth, I think, I hope the snake is not caught up on me or the bike, oh well, at least I have leathers on. I pull up when I can, check as best I can without climbing off, no snake, u-turn, back to the spot, no snake there either. It has slithered off the road, probably with a broken back I guess. I'm feeling real bad for running it over, not that I had a choice and real cranky that I didn't have the GoPro on the bike.
You know summer is just around the corner when the reptiles get out on the road, warming their cold blood on the big black solar heater, the road.

We have many snake species and many of the worlds most venomous. The Eastern Brown Snake has the second most toxic venom of all snakes and they are a particularly aggressive creature. I'm really glad he didn't climb on board with me on Saturday, I think he would have been a bit annoyed at just being run over.

The link below gives a bit of info and picture of one.

Australia's 10 most dangerous snakes - Australian Geographic