- A popular children’s playground on the northern beaches is overrun with snakes
- Parents are fearful for the safety of their children at the park in Warriewood
- Diamond pythons, eastern brown and red-bellied black snakes have been seen
A popular children’s playground on Sydney’s picturesque northern beaches is quickly turning into a literal snake pit.
Parents are concerned their children will be bitten by snakes while at the playground at Warriewood Valley Rocket Park, according to the Manly Daily.
Mother Stacey Mitchell said she didn’t want to take her two young boys to play at the park because of the influx of snakes.
A popular children’s playground on Sydney’s picturesque northern beaches is quickly turning into a literal snake pit
Parents are concerned their children will be bitten by snakes while at the playground at Warriewood Valley Rocket Park, according to the Manly Daily
Mother Stacey Mitchell said she didn’t want to take her two young boys to play at the park because of the influx of snakes
Mrs Mitchell said she had been made aware of up to 20 snakes slithering around the playground, a Facebook group had posted sightings every few days
‘You don’t mind seeing one in their natural habitat but when you start seeing more and more… you start to get worried.’
Mrs Mitchell said she had been made aware of up to 20 snakes slithering around the playground, a Facebook group had posted sightings every few days.
Some of the species that have been spotted at the park include diamond pythons, eastern brown snakes and red-bellied black snakes.
Mrs Mitchell wants the Northern Beaches Council to do more to stop children and pets from being attacked by snakes at the park.
‘What will it take? A young child to be hospitalised before the council says, ‘We’d better do something’.’
Mrs Mitchell wants the Northern Beaches Council to do more to stop children and pets from being attacked by snakes at the park
She wants warning signs to be put up at the park, and the council to attempt to relocate the snakes.
A mother whose pet dog had been killed by a snake said she wanted overgrown grass to be cut down.
The park is close to wetlands, and Taronga Zoo reptile keeper Josh Hatton said its location, the recent warm weather and breeding season were to explain for the increased numbers.
A mother whose pet dog had been killed by a snake said she wanted overgrown grass to be cut down