Ashley Cooper / Koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus) Barmah Forest near Echuca, Victoria, Australia. February.

Ashley Cooper / Irrigation ditch near Echuca, Victoria, these were installed during a drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Plastic grass lawn outside new houses in Echuca, Victoria, These were installed during a drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Plastic grass lawn outside new houses in Echuca, Victoria, installed during a drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Plastic grass lawn outside new houses in Echuca, Victoria, installed during a drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Signs near Echuca, Australia, about water restrictions and saving water. Victoria and New South Wales were affected by a drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Victoria, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Irrigation ditch near Echuca, Victoria, Australia during drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Farming suffered greatly and would be impossible to grow crops or rear animals without irrigation water wh...

Ashley Cooper / Red Gum trees are iconic Australian trees that grow along the banks of the Murray River. They rely on a regular flood cycle to survive. The unprecedented drought of the last 15 years has lead to low r...

Ashley Cooper / Red gum trees (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) growing along the banks of the Murray River. During the drought 1996-2011 75% of the Red gums are either dead or dying. Victoria, Austria, February.

Martin Willis / Little Raven (Corvus mellori) nest lined with sheeps wool, holds four blotched green eggs, Echuca, Victoria, Australia