Major traffic ... Melbourne's west – including suburbs like Sunshine, Melton, and Altona, as well as further afield metropolitan centres like Geelong and Werribee – the planned freeway ...

Police said that the woman was 'remarkably' able to fend off the snake and weave through traffic before pulling over in the ...

Tiger snakes, named after their colored stripes, are among the most venomous snakes in the world, according to the state's wildlife department.

Rescuers were called to the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne's east after a male eastern ... there was very little traffic on the roads, and there was a mass exodus of people from the state.