Zulu, I did let the leech go in fact, in my front yard. The kids freaked, I told them I had to let it go as it was going to have babies soon, they really freaked out then!! hahahaha
Plenty of Elapids, though you still need to be a bit lucky, In rough order of most common seen where I go are RBBs, Whips, Small Eyes, Golden Crowns, Browns, Bandy Bandys, Adders. Tree snakes are very common as expected, have to be a bit lucky to find a diamond these days, though they are around.
wow thats awesome, are there many gud walking trails in the Royal? iv always wanted to have a look around there. Sounds like sum nice snakes can be seen.