A few years ago when we were working in the hospital system, I was on a morning shift and my wife was on afternoon. She came to work and asked my if when I go home would I take the washing out of the machine and put it on the line. She also mentioned that I would probably need to move the brown snake that was curled up in front of the machine first. So after arriving home I walk into the laundry with a spade but the snake was gone. I hung out the washing then sat down with a coffee. Suddenly a thought hits me....... If the snake is not in the laundry where is it? Occasionally we would see the snake in the paddock but thankfully it never returned to the house.