Juergen Freund / The GEO snake expedition team braving the flooded waters to follow the lead of an aboriginal man looking for snakes in their sacred place. Queensland, Australia, February 2008. Model released.

Roland Seitre / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) sitting in eucalyptus tree. Mikkira Station, Port Lincoln, South Australia.

Konrad Wothe / Trees reflected in pond in rainforest, Iron Range National Park, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia, November 2010

Konrad Wothe / Eucalyptus trees along the bank of Archer River, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia, October 2010

Konrad Wothe / Cardwell Beach with mangroves near Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia, October 2010

Konrad Wothe / Mission Beach with palm trees, near Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, October 2010

Konrad Wothe / Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) adult with two fledglings in Umbrella tree (Scheffleria actinophylla) Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Juergen Freund / Giant Fig Tree in Daintree NP, Queensland, Australia, January 2009, composite panoramic image

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) to extract a tooth from its mouth. He works in a mobile lab in the bush. The death adder ranks 9th out...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handles a highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) to extract a tooth from its mouth. He works in a mobile lab in the bush. The death adder ranks 9th out...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff checking out a massive termite mound searching for snakes. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on a tree by the edge of a watering hole. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) on sandy beach. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Paperbark forest (Melaleuca sp) submerged in a fast flowing and flooded creek, Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Myall Creek and bridge flooded from constant and torrential rains. This is the only road that leads to the outside world south of Weipa. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Granite rocky coast of Magnetic Island. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Massive 2.5 metre Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) perched on a tree trunk in the forest. Queensland, Australia, February

Tim Laman / Jessica Laman (4 years) looking at the hollow base of a giant rainforest tree, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia. Model released August 2008

Tim Laman / Rocky coast, Tea Tree Bay, Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Tim Laman / Jessica Laman (4 years) peering out from inside the hollow base of a giant rainforest tree, Queensland, Australia. Model released August 2008

Tim Laman / Walkway past curtain Fig tree (Ficus sp) Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Fenced swmming area with stinger nets to protect swimmers from Box jellyfish (Chiropsalmus sp) South Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Footpath along the coast of Yallingup, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Bushfire in the outback. Derby, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Bushfire in the outback. Derby, Western Australia

Roberto Rinaldi / Potbelly seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), one of the largest species of seahorses, attached to kelp, Tasmania, Australia