Here is an item of internet news from Australia:
Three bitten by snake in Gold Coast bush
August 16, 2009
Three people suspected of being bitten by a snake while bushwalking have been winched out of a forest on the Gold Coast hinterland.
The Queensland Department of Community Safety (DCS) said a 47-year-old woman, a 14-year-old girl and another person had been winched out by rescue helicopter late Sunday.
The trio and one other person were about 10km along a walking track from Binna Burra when they were bitten at about 12.30pm (AEDT).
The snake species is unknown.
All three are breathing, conscious and in a stable condition and are being airlifted to Tweed Heads hospital, a DCS spokesperson said.
(Most of us expect that someone who is conscious and stable would likely be breathing!)
