Service areas / Sutherland Shire
Engadine lies on a high sandstone ridge between Royal and Heathcote national parks. The same suburb contains busy shops and station approaches, quiet family streets and yards backing directly onto native vegetation—each requires a different access description when a snake is visible.
Call 0411 103 488Vets and hospitals
NSW licence MWL000102655 · Arrival estimate and fee confirmed on your call
Local landscape photograph by Maksym Kozlenko. Resized and compressed; shared under the linked licence. This is not a call-out photograph.
Begin with the actual scene, not an online species list. Is the snake indoors, crossing a path, beside a garage or moving through leaf litter at the rear fence? Keep people away and give our team one reliable landmark.
If the animal enters national-park or reserve vegetation, do not follow. Footsteps through dry litter can obscure movement and put the observer on uneven ground.
Royal National Park includes woodland, rainforest, coastal heath, wetlands and eucalypt forest, while Heathcote National Park is known for native vegetation, rocky outcrops and freshwater pools. Engadine sits between these varied environments on Hawkesbury sandstone.
Diamond Pythons are associated with large Sydney bushland areas. Red-bellied Black Snakes favour wetter ground; Eastern Browns and small species such as Golden-crowned or Yellow-faced Whip Snakes may also be encountered in Greater Sydney. A safe professional assessment matters more than a guess.
Harley operates under NSW General Licence MWL000102655. A bush-backed address can have narrow side passages and uneven rear access; describe those constraints before arrival and keep the route clear.
Read about Harley’s background or the capture and relocation process.
Stay back and leave concealed spaces undisturbed. Do not approach, trap or handle the snake. Read our snake safety guide.
Suspected snakebite: call 000 immediately. Keep the person still and follow the ambulance operator’s instructions. Do not wait for a catcher.
Sutherland Hospital: Kingsway and Kareena Road, Caringbah.
Ambulance services determine the appropriate hospital.
For a possible pet bite, contact a veterinarian immediately. Do not wait for symptoms or snake removal.
Veterinary Specialists of Sydney — 24-hour emergency care.
106 Parraweena Road, Miranda.
(02) 8376 8767.
Local clinic: Woronora Road Veterinary Clinic, 153 Woronora Road, Engadine; (02) 9548 1686. Call to confirm immediate availability; this listing does not imply 24-hour opening.
Independent providers; contact details checked 28 September 2026.
An Engadine family moved children and pets away from a playroom before Harley removed a diamond python from among the toys. The report describes keeping the room undisturbed.
We confirm catcher availability, the call-out fee and a current arrival estimate when arranging attendance. Existing jobs, traffic and access affect timing. Capture cannot be guaranteed if the snake cannot be found.
