The Eastern Brown is aggressive if challenged.

The thing is, all snakes are nearly blind, can't move fast and they're deaf.

So come up against a snake, and the first thing you do is freeze. If you do that, you effectively 'blend' with the background, and the snake will carry on moving away.
You just need to be snake savvy. People who challenge snakes by trying to move them with sticks, or worse, picking them up like Steve Irwin are just asking for trouble. Don't go there.