For a snake at a Killara home, strata property, school or workplace, call Snakes in the City on 0411 103 488. Our office checks catcher availability and confirms the fee and estimated arrival before arranging a visit. Keep the sighting area clear and tell us where the snake was last seen.
Give the full Killara address, time of the last sighting and whether the snake is indoors, in a garden or no longer visible. You do not need to identify it before calling.
Ask the office who is attending, the call-out fee, what it covers and the estimated arrival time.
For an apartment building, workplace or school, nominate someone who can meet the catcher and provide entry. Describe any locked side gate, shared garage, stairs or rear garden access.
Confirm availability for the actual address; an open phone line does not mean a catcher is already nearby.
See how our dispatch process works and Harley Jones’s experience.
Create distance first. Do not identify, corner, touch, trap or kill the snake. Never put yourself between it and an escape route.
Bring children and pets indoors or into a closed room. Give the snake several metres of space and avoid sudden movement.
If it is safe, watch from behind a closed window, fence or other secure position. Note its last-known location without chasing it.
Provide the address, access instructions, where the snake was last seen and whether it is indoors, outside, injured or trapped.
Keep the person still, apply a pressure immobilisation bandage if available, and wait for an ambulance. Do not wash the bite, cut or suck the wound, use a tight tourniquet, or try to catch the snake.
Swain Gardens on Stanhope Road is a local example of landscaped gardens used for gatherings. Council’s Swain Gardens management information describes its bushland setting. That context is useful when explaining an outdoor location; it is not evidence of a snake sighting at the gardens.
For a Killara property, describe where the snake was seen in relation to the home, courtyard, retaining wall or shared path. If people use the same route to reach a car park or front door, arrange a safe alternative without approaching the snake.
For a public garden or other shared site, give the exact entrance and an on-site contact. Do not send someone into vegetation to search. At a private property, tell the office whether the front address and rear access are reached from different gates.
Warn the people responsible for the site and keep others away from the last sighting. Avoid gathering a crowd around the snake or blocking its route.
Report the exact bay, shelving area or doorway. Leave boxes and equipment where they are, and do not reach beneath a vehicle or into a wall opening.
Note the nearest fixed feature, such as a gate or wall, and the direction the snake moved. Do not lift pots, dismantle timber stacks or enter dense planting to find it.
If the snake disappears, keep the area quiet and call with the last sighting time. The office can discuss the circumstances and whether an attendance can be arranged.
These first-hand Snakes in the City photographs introduce Harley Jones and illustrate snakes and habitat relevant to the wider region. Our office confirms the available catcher for each booking. Species cannot be confirmed from a description alone; keep a safe distance and call for advice.
The Ku-ring-gai guide brings together regional species information and documented local field work. For identification background, see our diamond python and red-bellied black snake guides.
These are regional references, not a record of either species at a particular Killara property. A short glimpse or a colour description is not a reliable identification. Call without approaching for a closer look.
No garden design can guarantee a snake-free property. The practical goal is to reduce concealed shelter and the food sources that attract prey.
These verified contacts are included for safety, not as endorsements. A human snakebite is always a 000 emergency; do not drive the patient to hospital yourself unless emergency services direct you.
Palmerston Road, Hornsby NSW 2077
Hospital information: See the provider’s website for contact details
Suspected snakebite: call 000, not the hospital switchboard.
63 Herbert Street, Artarmon NSW 2064
24/7 veterinary option: See the provider’s website for contact details
Keep pets away from the snake and call the veterinary team for transport advice.
Call with the full address, the last known location and access restrictions. Give the office a contact who can meet the catcher and explain the shared areas. Attendance is confirmed according to availability and the circumstances.
Keep residents, visitors and pets away from that section of the property. Tell the site contact and report the nearest entrance and fixed landmark. Do not attempt to move the snake so people can pass.
Use the guide for the actual address: East Killara has a separate local page. Both enquiries go to Snakes in the City; the office needs the correct suburb and street details to arrange attendance.
Explain where and when it was last seen and whether it entered a gap, garage or planted area. Keep that area clear. Do not search concealed spaces or assume a removal can be completed without locating the animal.
Call to confirm the current fee, what it covers and the estimated arrival for your address. Travel, other jobs and property access affect the arrangements, so the office confirms these details for each booking.
For a sighting outside Killara, use the relevant nearby suburb page:
For the surrounding region, see Ku-ring-gai snake removal and Upper North Shore coverage. The Sydney service-area directory covers other locations.
Keep your distance and call Snakes in the City. If anyone may have been bitten, call 000 immediately.
Looking for broader wildlife context? The mapped place point for Killara falls in square G4 of our 2025 Sydney-region observation report. A suburb can extend into neighbouring squares; this is an orientation guide, not a suburb boundary map.
View square G4 around Killara in the observation report →
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.
