Paramedics have attended two snake bite incidents in the Sunshine Coast region overnight.
The Queensland Ambulance Service reports that a female patient was transported in a stable condition to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a reported snake bite at a private property at Conondale 10.14pm Tuesday.
Earlier, a male child was reportedly bitten at Peregian Beach and required treatment.
He was transported to Nambour Hospital after a snake bite to the foot at a location off David Low Way at 8.54pm.
Snakes are known to be active during the summer months and numerous sightings of eastern brown snakes have already been reported in coastal dune areas along the Sunshine Coast, including beach accesses.
People coming across a snake on our beaches or parks are advised to stay calm and leave it alone. When left alone, snakes present little or no danger to people.
Queensland is home to 120 species of snakes, about 65 per cent of them venomous.
Snakes are often attracted to yards and houses, when food and shelter are unknowingly provided by the human inhabitants.
The more dangerous species, including brown snakes and taipans, eat rodents and are attracted to garden or farm sheds to hunt rats and mice.
