Around two years ago, some Brit couple had flown down to Australia and wandered off onto some beach. Gal got bit while walking across the sand...dead within an hour.
I went last year...hanging out mostly in Melbourne. Spent one day at the ‘Twelve Apostles’...probably one of the more scenic places on the face of the Earth. When you walk from the parking lot to the coastal viewing area....there’s one sign up...”Watch for Snakes”. I spent every single moment of that walk to the coast doing a 360-degree view of things around me.
I used to wonder why it took so long for Europeans to ‘discover’ Australia.
Now I know.
All the previous ones died before they could report back....................