Continuing the Cann family legacy: the new snake man of La Perouse Rob Ambrose

By Brook Mitchell
Updated July 31 2016 - 1:09am, first published 12:15am
Rob Ambrose holds an eastern brown snake on display at the weekly La Perouse snake show.  Photo: Brook Mitchell
Rob Ambrose holds an eastern brown snake on display at the weekly La Perouse snake show. Photo: Brook Mitchell
The La Perouse show is made possible with the help of donations from the audience.  Photo: Brook Mitchell
The La Perouse show is made possible with the help of donations from the audience. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Oliver De Bry, 7, gets to pat a Diamond Python at the La Perouse snake show.  Photo: Brook Mitchell
Oliver De Bry, 7, gets to pat a Diamond Python at the La Perouse snake show. Photo: Brook Mitchell
A common, and deadly,  Eastern Brown snake slithers around Rob Ambrose's feet during the weekly La Perouse snake show.  Photo: Brook Mitchell
A common, and deadly, Eastern Brown snake slithers around Rob Ambrose's feet during the weekly La Perouse snake show. Photo: Brook Mitchell

Most people worry about surviving their first day at a new job. But the new snake man of La Perouse Rob Ambrose had more reasons than most to worry when he took the stage at the famous snake pit at the end of Anzac Parade.

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