Today we went to Roma Street Parklands, the best place in central Brisbane for communing with dragons.

The Eastern Water Dragons there are very used to having lots of humans around, and will happily pose for photos while you close to within almost arm's reach of them.

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The same three dragons, but less zoomed in.

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There were some avian dinosaurs there, too.

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A number of big golden orb weaver spiders too, mostly high up in the trees.

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Most exciting for me though, was seeing this Coastal Carpet Python.

I've lived in Australia for over 20 years and I think I could still count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've seen a wild snake, and I *like* snakes, want to see them, and look out for wildlife in general whenever I'm walking around outside. So, very cool to see one today, especially right in the middle of the city.

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@spacelizard nice one! I saw single digit snakes from 40 years in Vic, but see one every few weeks in Qld.

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And the herpetologists of Mastodon picked #SnakesOfMastodon when #Masssstodon was right there.

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@spacelizard I trust there was no head bobbing to pick a fight with them?
@WhombeX Nope, all was peaceful with the dragons. There wasn't even any head bobbing going on between them, as we're well past their breeding season.