A ball flies down the fairway, watched by a mob of kangaroos with passing interest. In a nearby water hazard, a three-and-a-half-meter long crocodile swims lazily by. On the green, a venomous snake ...

But when the world caught wind of the huge python, it went viral. In a tweet posted earlier this week, the state’s policing team were quick to make a joke about the gigantic snake, not realising the ...