g'day plat4,

although you've asked the question in an aussie group, in general
snakes will only hang around if you create the right habitat, that is
you have attracted their food source to your garden and your garden
itself makes it a welcome place to be for them eg.,. plenty of
undergrowth and leaves to hide in as well as maybe a water feature a
lot of snakes are attracted to water. and the water feature probably
attracts frogs and native toads (this is all very good for
conservation of species and the amphibians also help control bugs in
the garden) but they are food for a lot of snakes. include rodents in
the above selection as well.

you may get some ideas out of all that, if not you may just have to
learn to live with the issue.

len

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