Woman bitten by snake while taking dog for walk at Cawarral

A woman has been taken to hospital after she was bitten by a snake while walking a dog in Central Queensland.

A woman was taken to Rockhampton Hospital on Saturday, April 6, after being bitten by a snake at Cawarral. Generic image.

A woman has been taken to hospital after a snake bit her while she was walking a dog in Central Queensland on Saturday afternoon.

Paramedics were called to a private residence off Glenora Road at Cawarral just before 2pm.

Cawarral is a rural town situated about halfway between Rockhampton and Yeppoon.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the woman in her 30s was taken to Rockhampton Hospital in a stable condition.

It’s been a busy season for snake bites across the state.

Along with regular Queensland Ambulance Service callouts, a Townsville man tragically died while trying to remove a snake from a childcare centre last month.

Earlier this week, a snake-catcher in the south-west also revealed he had suffered multiple bites from an eastern brown but once in hospital, was grateful to find they had been “dry” bites.

Originally published as Woman bitten by snake while taking dog for walk at Cawarral