Man in 60s bitten by snake at Innes Park, Bundaberg

Another man has been bitten by a snake in the Wide Bay where a woman was also bitten this week and a young tradie was recently lucky to survive an eastern brown snake strike.

A man in his 60s has been taken to hospital after being bitten by a snake in the Bundaberg region overnight.

According to the Queensland Ambulance Service, paramedics were called to a private property at Innes Park about 11.20pm Friday.

The man was taken to Bundaberg hospital in a stable condition.

Multiple snakebites have been reported in the Wide Bay this snake season.

Among those bitten was 26-year-old fencing and mustering contractor Braydon Brighton who managed to drive 2kms for help after he was struck by a deadly eastern brown near Gin Gin in January.

Braydon Brighton was bitten on his leg by a brown snake.

Earlier this week, the LifeFlight Bundaberg-based aeromedical crew were called to K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) after a woman in her 30s was bitten by a snake on a walking track.

The rescue helicopter was sent to the east side of the island at 12.39pm on March 20.

Paramedics took the patient from the track to the waiting chopper which landed in a nearby clearing.

The patient was treated on scene by the LifeFlight critical care doctor, QAS flight paramedic and local QAS paramedics for a bite on her right foot.

She was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital for further treatment.