Turn around slowly and walk back up the hill.....

The tank men arrived as I was on way back from the kiosk with milk supplies. As we navigated through the rather labyrinthine pathway to the tank base I noticed the remains of a dead possum to the left of the path and suddenly, one of the men spoke with the urgent, firm tone that immediately captures one's attention: "Turn around slowly and walk back up the hill. Now". I retraced my steps a couple of metres before turning around to see and there was the most enormous snake - a python we think - and about 8 feet long. Not poisonous, I hasten to add. The men were rather shaken but I asked them to take a photo and I will post it when they send it through. I was rather excited. Particularly as it wasn't a poisonous snake. I'll post some more info later once I've received the picture and I'm able to look it up.

First quote for repairing the wall is $15000. Yow.

Here is the beast. Pretty wild!