--- description: In what may be the most Australian video of all time, a man was filmed playing with his pet snake while taking a dip in Tallebudgera Creek. title: Here's a Video of an Australian Man Casually Taking His Pet Snake for a Swim image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's a Video of an Australian Man Casually Taking His Pet Snake for a Swim  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 1, 2016 6:22 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 1, 2016 6:22 PM CUT A man was filmed playing with his pet [snake](http://time.com/4231342/snake-head-green-beans/ "undefined") [while taking a dip](http://time.com/4077433/el-nino-yellow-bellied-sea-snake/ "undefined") in Tallebudgera Creek on the Gold Coast in Queensland, and it may be the most Australian video of all time. The clip was posted to Instagram by user [Indiana Bones](https://www.instagram.com/indy.bones/ "undefined") and shows the Aussie tossing his beloved [serpent](http://time.com/4169611/snake-frozen-windshield/ "undefined") (a suspected carpet python) around in the water while sipping on a beer. “I was impressed. I was flat out impressed,” Bones [told Yahoo7](https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/30982297/straya-alert-pet-snake-goes-for-a-creek-swim-with-besotted-owner-on-gold-coast/ "undefined")_._ “We thought we were rock n roll, spending the day on the beach, but this guy was drinking a beer, with his snake out in public.” **Read More:** [Rattlesnake Colony to Be Established on Massachusetts Island](http://time.com/4235086/timber-rattlesnake-massachusetts-colony/ "undefined") However, not everyone at the beach was happy about the appearance of the giant reptile. “There was definitely a split down the middle,” Bones said. “There was a lot of families down at Telly. The kids were intrigued and excited that this guy had a pet snake but the parents were not impressed.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4243192/australian-man-pet-snake-swimming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4243192/australian-man-pet-snake-swimming/"},"headline":"Here's a Video of an Australian Man Casually Taking His Pet Snake for a Swim","datePublished":"2016-03-01T18:22:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:37.502Z","description":"While drinking a beer","url":"https://time.com/4243192/australian-man-pet-snake-swimming/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Australia","animals","Pets","Weird News","Snakes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4243192/australian-man-pet-snake-swimming/","name":"Here's a Video of an Australian Man Casually Taking His Pet Snake for a Swim"}}]}] ```