Daily Telegraph | Townsville a hot spot for snake bites Daily Telegraph TOWNSVILLE is Queensland's hotspot for snake encounters with more than 10 per cent of the state's recorded bites in the past year occurring in the region. The Queensland Ambulance Service has responded to 84 snake bites in Townsville in the past 12 ... Primary students keep being rushed to hospital with 'possible snake bites' at Western Australia school Snakes at a school: WA students sent to hospital with suspected bites Meadow Springs Primary School students hospitalised with suspected snake bites |