In the kind of nightmare scenario dreaded by anyone contemplating a visit to Australia, a woman in Brisbane woke up with a heavy weight on her chest, only to find that it was an 8ft-long python.

Ms Rachel Bloor initially thought it was her labradoodle when she felt a heavy weight on her chest and stomach. Read more at ...

A snake has completed an extraordinary interstate journey from Queensland to the Central Coast, after hitching an eight-hour ride beneath a family car before being rescued at the Australian Reptile ...