Terraces and apartments
Courtyards, basements, subfloors, roof voids and shared passages.
Sydney City & Inner West
Snake catcher
Marrickville.
Dense terraces, apartments, rail and canal corridors, warehouses, pocket parks and harbour or Cooks River edges.
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Marrickville is not just a name in a list.
Marrickville is treated as part of our Sydney City & Inner West call-out cluster; exact access and current catcher availability are confirmed by phone for every address.
Most calls are as much about managing people and access as searching. A loading dock, school courtyard or basement requires a clear exclusion area and one nominated contact.
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Industrial conversions
Loading bays, storerooms, service lanes and old masonry cavities.
Canal and foreshore edges
Long grass, rock walls, drains and public walking routes.
Make space
Keep people and pets well back. Do not surround, touch or block the snake.
Keep watch
Watch only from a secure position and remember the last place it disappeared.
Call 24/7
Phone 0484 033 337 with the exact address and site details.
“It was right there a second ago”
Places worth describing—not poking.
The catcher’s search starts from the last reliable sighting. Do not pull these areas apart yourself.
- 01inside an old subfloor or service cavity
- 02behind boxes in a storeroom or garage
- 03beside a canal, rail or stormwater edge
- 04under courtyard pots or low furniture
- 05within a loading bay or waste enclosure
Before a catcher sets off
Three useful Marrickville questions.
Can one person control access and meet the catcher?
Is the animal inside a private lot or common property?
Can deliveries, residents or students be diverted safely?
Species context—not a remote identification
Colour is not a safety test.
Snakes are less frequently encountered in the densest streets, but connected rail, canal, river and park corridors still create occasional movement routes. Every sighting should be managed by location, not assumptions.
Take a zoomed photograph only from behind glass or another secure position. Never move closer for identification.
After the immediate problem
Make the property easier to inspect.
No Sydney property can honestly be guaranteed “snake-proof”. These practical steps reduce shelter and make future sightings easier to manage.
- 1Keep basement and storeroom aisles visible.
- 2Fit door sweeps where practical.
- 3Manage rodents around bins and food premises.
- 4Record after-hours access instructions for workplaces.
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