Snakes in the City · Local guide
Snake catcher Ingleside
For an Ingleside call-out, the property entrance and the snake’s position within the grounds are as important as the address. Tell SITC about shared drives, closed gates, sheds and animals before a catcher is dispatched.
Our dispatcher checks licensed catcher availability for your location. A general call-out fee applies; confirm the fee and expected attendance when calling. How dispatch works.
Suspected human snakebite? Call 000 for an ambulance. Keep the person still and follow the operator’s instructions. Snakebite first aid.
A property between major bushland areas
Council describes Ingleside as lying between Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Garigal National Park and Ingleside Chase Reserve. Its reserve information places Ingleside Chase on the Warriewood escarpment between Ingleside, Warriewood and Elanora Heights.
For help on private land, distinguish the house garden from a distant outbuilding or the reserve boundary. Provide the entrance name or number visible from the road, then explain where a vehicle can stop. A well-known landmark such as the Bahá’í Temple may help orient the call, but it cannot replace the actual address.
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Sheds, feed stores and shared driveways
If you keep animals, tell the dispatcher which enclosures are occupied and whether the snake is inside a feed room, beneath stored equipment or moving across an open paddock. Keep the normal escape route available for people. Do not open every shed or shift feed bags in an attempt to reveal the snake.
Ask other users of a shared driveway to keep away from the last sighting. If the property has separate household and business entrances, identify the one the catcher should use and who will meet them. Confirm locked-gate access without leaving someone stationed beside the animal.
A sighting on a reserve track
Give the land manager the track name and nearest signed junction. A snake travelling through its habitat may only need space. Do not chase it towards a property, move it onto a road or attempt to relocate it yourself. Call SITC if you need advice about a snake that has entered an occupied area.
While help is arranged
Keep children and pets away. Observe only from a safe position, preferably behind a barrier. Never try to catch, pin, trap or kill the snake. A photo taken without approaching may help; it is not a requirement for calling.
Council includes diamond pythons among Northern Beaches snakes. This is regional context, not a confirmed sighting at your address. For identification help, use our snake identification service.
Local vet and emergency contacts
For a possible pet bite, phone a vet immediately for transport advice. Tell them it may be a snakebite. Confirm the clinic can receive your animal; do not wait for snake removal.
Local veterinary option
Elanora Veterinary Clinic
2/53 Kalang Road, Elanora Heights
02 9970 6647
Call to confirm opening hours and emergency availability.
Pet emergency option
NEVS · after-hours pet emergencies
16 Myoora Road, Terrey Hills
02 9452 2933
Northern Beaches Hospital — 105 Frenchs Forest Road West, Frenchs Forest. Human snakebite: call 000.
Nearby local guides
Northern Beaches service guide · All service areas · Snake safety and prevention
Local sources and contact details checked 12 October 2026. Photographs are captioned separately from service information.
Map context and snakebite first aid
Grid H3 records 26 observations across the whole approximately 11 by 9 km square, not Ingleside alone. Inclusion does not establish an observation in this suburb. It is not a danger score, live tracker or SITC call-out count.
If anyone may have been bitten, call 000, keep them still, apply pressure immobilisation and follow the call-taker’s instructions. Do not wash the bite or try to catch the snake.
Need help in Ingleside?
Call with the exact address, last sighting and safest entrance.