Cyclist bitten by eastern brown snake caught in her bike chain [View all]

A woman is recovering after she was bitten by an eastern brown snake that became tangled in her bike chain in northern NSW.

The woman, in her 60s, was riding on the Northern Rivers Rail Trail near Burringbar in the Tweed Shire yesterday when she ran over the two-metre snake.

NSW Ambulance said paramedics were called to the incident near Upper Burringbar Road about 1pm.

An Ambulance spokesperson said the woman was bitten on the thigh and taken to Tweed Valley Hospital in a stable condition.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/snake-caught-in-bike-chain/106920972

Luckily, the snake survived. Good pix at link.