A woman in her 60s is recovering after being bitten by an eastern brown snake on a cycling rail trail in northern New South Wales. Reports say she was riding along the Northern Rivers Rail Trail near Burringbar, in the Tweed Shire, when she ran over a snake measuring about two metres long. Sources agree the snake then became trapped in her bike chain and bit her during the incident. The bite occurred after the rider had reportedly ridden over the reptile, leading to the snake’s entanglement. The eastern brown snake is widely regarded as highly venomous. Multiple outlets describe the woman’s escape as fortunate, noting that she suffered a snake bite despite being on a public trail. Coverage across outlets aligns on the main circumstances: the rider’s age, the location on the Northern Rivers Rail Trail, the snake’s approximate size, and that the snake became caught in the bicycle chain before biting. Details about the severity of her condition and subsequent medical treatment are not consistently provided in the included reports.