A mum got the shock of her life when taking a photo of her daughter this week.
Bianca Dickinson, from Kaniva, in the Wimmera, took a picture of her two-year-old daughter Molly as they waited for Molly's older siblings to get off the school bus on Wednesday afternoon.
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Mother relives deadly snake photobomb
Bianca Dickinson relives the frightening moment she realised that her two-year-old daughter, Molly, was just centimeters away from a two-metre long brown snake.
Two-year-old Molly poses for a picture as she and her mother wait for the school bus. Photo: Bianca Dickinson 2017/Wimmera Mail Times
At first, nothing seemed out of place.
But then Ms Dickinson looked closer and saw a two-metre long brown snake just centimetres away from her daughter.
Ms Dickinson thought she noticed a bit of bark flying off a nearby tree out the corner of her eye.
"It was really windy," she said.
"Then I looked up out of the camera to see where the bark went and saw a big mother of a snake."
Luckily, Molly didn't even notice the snake behind her.
On closer inspection the brown snake becomes obvious. Photo: Bianca Dickinson 2017/Wimmera Mail Times
"I'm surprised it didn't touch her, it was so close," Mrs Dickinson said.
"I checked her for bite marks still."
Mrs Dickinson said it was a good reminder that snakes are still active, even when it was not a hot day.
The eastern brown snake is considered the second deadliest land snake in the world.