The snake pit

In case you haven't yet been told by the staff who were involved in student enrolments on Thursday.... we had an interloper under Gavin's desk (now called by some wit - the snake pit!).

Whether it was camera flashes - recording him/her/it, the air-conditioning too cold or deciding to make himself scarce, the snake decided to duck for cover in the floor box.

On guard

For the next hour and a half our leaders (K and G) and the library staff guarded the floor box and waited for some intrepid rescuer. (Where's Crocodile Dundee when you need him?)

We weighed the lid of the floor box down and covered the cable holes. Believe it or not we had to put this much on it as the snake was a weight lifter!

At one stage it was reported that a rescuer could not come until 8pm.... but luckily Tim from Marapana Wildlife Park came to our rescue.

Rescue at last

Tim only just got hold of the dugite's tail! The snake had managed to slither under the floor box insert and his head could be seen on the on the right of the box. After turning off equipment, unplugging devices and unscrewing the insert, the snake was revealed wrapped around the cables!

Final Reveal
After a little struggle, Tim revealed our 'baby' dugite to the delight and disgust of Bev, Cheryl, Wattsie's twosome & Ann.

Thank You

The library would like to thank Tim and his friend, Keith, Greg, Marg and Donna and everyone who was involved in helping to corner and capture Dougy the dugite. A special thank you to Wattsie's two who recorded the events with numerous drawings.