Woman, 32, bitten by brown snake in Deep Creek taken to Flinders Medical Centre

A 32-year-old woman bitten by a brown snake has been flown to Flinders Medical Centre after a special operations team raced to the Fleurieu Peninsula in a helicopter.

The woman was bitten by a snake described as brown in appearance. Picture: William West / AFP

Emergency services have rescued a 32-year-old woman bitten by what they believe was a brown snake and flown her to Flinders Medical Centre.

SA Ambulance were notified of the incident at Deep Creek just after midday, a spokeswoman said.

Due to the remoteness of the woman’s location, a special operations team arrived via helicopter to help the woman, who was conscious and breathing.

The woman was located and winched out by the helicopter.

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Her condition was listed as stable.

Earlier, an SES spokesman said the team knew the rough location of the woman but was having issues reaching her due to the terrain.

There has been a rise in snake activity recently, Rolly Burrell, owner of Snake Catchers Adelaide said.

“Because we’ve had a dry August, they’ve all started to wake up from hibernation,” Mr Burrell, who has been a snake catcher for more than 40 years, said.

According to Mr Burrell, the snake season “has started nearly two months early”, and he had seen an increase in call-outs over the past four weeks.

Mating season for snakes is usually in “September or October”, so the catcher warned they could appear in “all kinds of places soon”.

He advised people to avoid snakes if they see them.

“If you see a snake, just don’t interfere with it,” Mr Burrell said.

“They’re not here to harm us in any way.”

Originally published as Woman, 32, bitten by brown snake in Deep Creek taken to Flinders Medical Centre