The urgent snake warning that every Aussie needs to read

Experts are urgently warning Aussies to remain cautious around snakes after a much-loved dad died after being bitten in .

Jerromy Brookes, 47, was fatally bitten by an eastern brown snake while trying to remove it from a childcare centre in Townsville, at 3pm on Tuesday.

The father-of-three suffered multiple bites to his left arm and was rushed to Townsville Hospital in a critical condition but died shortly after due to cardiac arrest.