Clear the area
Move children, pets and other people away. Close a room or gate only if you can do so without approaching the animal.
Doonside · Blacktown and North-West Sydney
Snake Catcher Doonside
At a Doonside house, workplace or reserve entrance, the safest first step is to create distance. Note the last place the snake was clearly visible and tell us the exact access point; do not follow it into cover.
Call Snakes in the City: 0411 103 488
Harley Jones · NSW General Licence MWL000102655 · phone answered 24/7. Attendance depends on current location and conditions.
Suspected bite? Call Triple Zero (000) first. Keep the person still. For a limb bite, apply a firm pressure-immobilisation bandage and splint if available; follow ambulance instructions. Do not wash, cut or suck the bite, use a tourniquet or try to catch the snake. Healthdirect first aid.
Start with the last reliable observation
Mark a fixed point
Use a fence bay, door, path junction or garden feature. A photograph is optional and only from behind a safe barrier.
Call with access details
Give the street address, nearest entrance, whether the snake is still visible, and any locked gates or occupied areas.
If the snake disappears, leave vegetation, timber and stored materials undisturbed. Losing sight does not prove it has left, and capture cannot be guaranteed until it is located. How dispatch works.
Nurragingy is a landmark, not proof of a sighting
Blacktown City Council places Nurragingy Reserve on Knox Road in Doonside and maps the Knox Road and Woodstock Avenue entries, paths, parking and gardens. The reserve has bushland and water features. Near this public space, give the nearest formed entrance, car park or street number and stay on a safe path. Do not enter vegetation to track a snake.
Elsewhere in Doonside, established houses, shops and railway-side streets have different access needs. A snake at one property is not evidence of a widespread local problem, nest or reserve origin. The useful details are its last fixed location and a safe route for the catcher.
Different sites need different directions
Home and garden
Describe a shed edge, laundry, garage, garden bed or under-deck opening without checking it by hand. Keep pets inside; do not move pots or stacked timber.
Public-facing premises
Nominate one staff contact, the customer entrance and a way to keep people from the affected room or yard. Do not create a crowd around the sighting.
Open space or path boundary
Use a named gate, path intersection or nearby address. Watch only from formed ground; avoid creek banks, long grass and dense planting.
Restricted access
Tell us about locked gates, shared driveways and service lanes. Keep the last-known area closed instead of searching for a shortcut.
Species are regional possibilities, not property records
The Australian Museum describes eastern brown snakes in open and modified environments; its red-bellied black snake profile describes moist habitats among other settings. These regional habitat descriptions do not establish that either species was seen at a Doonside address. Colour or a quick glimpse cannot reliably identify an unknown snake.
Medical and veterinary help
For a person: 000
For any suspected snakebite, call 000 and wait for ambulance advice. Mount Druitt Hospital has a 24-hour emergency department at 75 Railway Street, Mount Druitt NSW 2770; general information (02) 9881 1555. Do not drive the patient unless emergency services direct you. NSW Health emergency care.
For a pet: call ahead
Keep the pet still and away from the snake. Animal Referral Hospital Greater Western Sydney, 5/1 John Hines Avenue, Minchinbury NSW 2770, advertises 24/7 emergency care. Call (02) 8610 3400 to check capacity and get transport instructions. Official veterinary information.
Nearby pages chosen for local relevance
These surrounding area guides are more useful than a link chosen by alphabetical order.
Explore public snake observations around Doonside
Looking for broader wildlife context? The mapped place point for Doonside falls in square D4 of our 2025 Sydney-region observation report. A suburb can extend into neighbouring squares; this is an orientation guide, not a suburb boundary map.
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Counts apply to the whole square, not each suburb listed. A suburb appearing in a square does not mean a snake was recorded in that suburb. These are public observation records, not SITC call-outs, unique snake totals or a measure of danger.