Some weeks back I was standing just off the left rear of my car when my old neighbour walked towards & past the right front of the care when a good 7' long Taipan shot out the left front of the car like a rocket. This snake would have been less than a metre from him. The snakes on Cape York appear to have recovered from the shock of the Cane Toad invasion & seem to be catching up on breeding.
An older bloke about 50 km down the road was struck in the leg by what was diagnosed as a taipan about 4 months ago & he survived despite being 1 hr before he received first aid from his neighbour a nurse who happened to arrive home just as 000 rang her. He was touch & go for several weeks.

Indy saw a mate walk right over a red belly black in short grass and did not even see it
Inches away from him
Being warned it is going to be a bad summer for them around here