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Everyone just stays inside pretty much. As in... 99% of the population lives in a city and there just aren't any snakes.
There's a bunch of other reasons too though. Snakes are reclusive by nature. They're well camouflaged and easily hide themselves among leaves and bushes and plants on the ground. They actively avoid being seen by humans, they do not want an interaction with a human because it will always be a negative outcome, in that they can't eat a human.
You could walk 10km through the bush, be reasonably observant, walk within 2m of a dozen snakes, but not see a single one.
OTOH there's mountainbike trails where you'll encounter several in a day. You're moving quicker, and they can't feel your footfalls so don't have time to hide.
The thing is... 99% of the snakes I've encountered are deadly venomous. We have pythons but I never seem to see them. Here it's always Tiger snakes or Dugites which are both "stop moving and call an ambulance" type emergencies if you get bit.
Cam confirm. I (American) lived in NSW for a while and was way more outdoorsy than anyone I met there. I wasn't expecting everyone to be Steve Irwin or Paul Logan, but c'mon. To the point that when there were snakes in the back yard or spiders in the kitchen, I took care of them.
We have somewhat the opposite here. 99% of snakes are not dangerous. We used to catch them for fun, although their bite is still painful so eventually I grew up. Of course then I also found out that technically there could be venomous snakes so I decided that activity was stupid