Blog Australia - An Article Site for Aussies http://www.blog.net.au Australians Thinking Out Loud Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:03:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Reptile shows in the Melbourne Summer http://www.blog.net.au/index.php/2012/01/18/reptile-shows-in-the-melbourne-summer/ http://www.blog.net.au/index.php/2012/01/18/reptile-shows-in-the-melbourne-summer/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:52:51 +0000 thesnakeman http://www.blog.net.au/?p=479 Reptile shows Melbourne in Summer January is a strange time of year. In theory it’s quiet, but some years we are flat out at Snakebusters. In the last few years, I’ve made a point of NOT chasing work in early January so that we can get a chance to catch up on all the

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]]> http://www.blog.net.au/index.php/2011/12/21/new-ice-cream-sandwich-for-android-users/feed/ 1 childrens reptile parties hold animals is back! http://www.blog.net.au/index.php/2011/11/09/childrens-reptile-parties-hold-animals-is-back/ http://www.blog.net.au/index.php/2011/11/09/childrens-reptile-parties-hold-animals-is-back/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:43:57 +0000 thesnakeman http://www.blog.net.au/?p=456 Hands-on childrens reptile parties are back in Melbourne! For those who haven’t been following Snakebusters, Australia’s best reptiles, you may not know that for the last two years we have been fighting criminal charges brought on us by our main commercial competitors via the regulator, who happen to be the same entity. Yes, those

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This is virtuous

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In recent years a new form of entertainment and education has emerged.  It’s called the mobile reptile and snake show.

Yes, for decades there have been snake handler types travelling the agricultural show circuits and the like.  But these were a different kind of animal.

These snake displays invariably had a

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Most children like wildlife and animals and reptiles are always among the more popular at parties.

While a small number have a fear of snakes and lizards, these days most are aware of the difference between the safe and unsafe kinds and in a party environment are more than happy to take

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Today, Snakebusters have had call outs to catch venomous snakes at Preston, Eltham (twice), Warrandyte, Research, Sommerville and Donvale. The Donvale call-out at Tindalls Road, was for an adult female Brown Snake sitting in the middle of the lounge room of the family home.

Yesterday

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]]> http://www.blog.net.au/index.php/2011/09/20/hot-weather-brings-snakes-out-early/feed/ 0 Hands on reptile shows, attacked and yet still popular! http://www.blog.net.au/index.php/2011/09/15/hands-on-reptile-shows-attacked-and-yet-still-popular/ http://www.blog.net.au/index.php/2011/09/15/hands-on-reptile-shows-attacked-and-yet-still-popular/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:22:17 +0000 thesnakeman http://www.blog.net.au/?p=426 Most people following Snakebusters, Australia’s best reptiles, probably already know that in Australia, Snakebusters are the only hands on reptiles displays who let people hold the animals. That is opposed to other companies who compete against us and do show and tell instead, or perhaps let people just touch the reptiles at a Melbourne kids party,

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