Images of Australia

 

Australian Capital Territory

 

Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus): Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Male Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus): Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

 

New South Wales

The Blue Mountains

Bournda Lagoon

Wollondilly River at River Island in the Southern Highlands

 

Victoria

Pygmy Possum (Cercartetus nanus)

Fairy Penguins (Eudyptula minor) come ashore at night on Phillip Island, watched by tourists

Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) found wandering around in Melbourne Zoo. It was released back into the wild (rather than added to the zoo's collection!)

 

South Australia

Bull Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) at Admiral's Arch, on Kangaroo Island

Australian Sealion (Neophoca cinerea) at Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island

 

Western Australia

Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus): one of a population successfully reintroduced to Boyajin Reserve

Quokka (Setonix brachyurus): Rottnest Island

Bottlenosed Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) fed by tourists at Monkey Mia, Shark Bay

Stromatolites: Shark Bay

 

Queensland

 

Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), Hervey Bay

Humback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Hervey Bay

Dingo at dusk: Fraser Island

Treewith an Aboriginal carving, in rainforest on Mount Windsor Tablelands

Rock art: Laura