David Gallan / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) grooming itself in a tree, East Gippsland, Australia, December.

Robert Valentic / Gippsland Water Dragon (Intellegama lesuerii howittii) male, upper Pambula River, New South Wales, Australia. Controlled conditions

Robert Valentic / Eastern tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) newly hatched, Waratah Bay,South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, June.

Robert Valentic / Lowland copperhead (Austrelaps superbus) sub adult, basking adjacent to a coastal lagoon near Wonthaggi, South Gippsland region, Victoria, Australia.

Robert Valentic / Lowland Copperhead (Austrelaps superbus) juvenile from salt marsh habitat near Wonthaggi, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

Robert Valentic / White-lipped Snake (Drysdalia coronoides) assuming a defensive posture, Cotters Beach, South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.

Robert Valentic / White-lipped Snake (Drysdalia coronoides) male on coastal sand dune habitat, Powlett River, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Swamp skink (Lissolepis coventryi) basking, Shallow Inlet, South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Male Gippsland water dragon {Physignathus leseurii howittii} Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) pack, Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) pack, Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) pair, Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Lace Monitor Lizard (Varanus varius), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Wallaroo (Macropus robustus), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Wallaroo (Macropus robustus), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii), Phillip Island, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female rescued from Gilantipy, East Gippsland. In transport container at mobile wildlife triage centre, ready for transit to Colquhoun State Forest after home was destro...

Robert Valentic / McCoy's Skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi) from wet schlerophyll forest near Korumburra in the South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Controlled conditions.

Doug Gimesy / Logging truck warning sign beside road, Bendoc, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Canopy view of forest that was due to be logged until conservation groups found a high density of Greater gliders (Petauroides volans) there, and government put a halt to the logging (for now). Trees...

Doug Gimesy / Canopy view of forest that was due to be logged until conservation groups found a high density of Greater gliders (Petauroides volans) there, and government put a halt to the logging (for now). Trees...

Doug Gimesy / Canopy view of forest that was due to be logged until conservation groups found a high density of Greater gliders (Petauroides volans) there, and government put a halt to the logging (for now). Trees...

Doug Gimesy / Logged area of native forest in the Errinundra plateau (East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia), with inappropriate regrowth occurring i.e. Acacia instead of Eucalyptus. This logged area is where gre...

Doug Gimesy / Logged area of native forest in the Errinundra plateau (East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia), with inappropriate regrowth occurring i.e. Acacia instead of Eucalyptus. This logged area is where gre...

Doug Gimesy / Logged area of native forest in the Errinundra plateau (East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia), with inappropriate regrowth occurring i.e. Acacia instead of Eucalyptus. This logged area is where gre...

Doug Gimesy / Tree hollows in Eucalptus sp are potential homes to Greater gliders (Petauroides volans) Steps Track, Errinundra plateau, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.? June, 2020.

Doug Gimesy / Forest that was due to be logged until conservation groups found a high density of Greater gliders (Petauroides volans) there, and government put a halt to the logging (for now). Trees in this forest...

Robert Valentic / Gippsland water dragon (Intellegama lesuerii howittii) male from riparian temperate rainforest near Berri, New South Wales, Australia.

Robert Valentic / Gippsland water dragon (Intellegama lesuerii howittii) male, from riparian temperate rainforest near Berri, NSW, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female named ?Toby' which was rescued from Gelantipy (East Gippsland, Victoria) following the bushfires, is cared for by zoo keeper Courtney Pridgeon. Healsville San...

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Eucalyptus tree re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, between Omeo and Dargo, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. April 2007

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Eucalyptus tree re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, between Omeo and Dargo, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. April 2007

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Eucalyptus tree re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, between Omeo and Dargo, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. April 2007

Jiri Lochman / Severely burnt Eucalyptus tree re-sprouting from epicormic buds after major bushfire, between Omeo and Dargo, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. April 2007

Doug Gimesy / Toby, a baby female Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) rescued from Gelantipy, East Gippsland, following the 2019 / 2020 bushfires, in care at Zoos Victoria Healsville Sanctuary. Victoria, Australia. Febr...

Doug Gimesy / Toby, a baby female Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) rescued from Gelantipy, East Gippsland, following the bushfires and now in care at Zoos Victoria Helasville Sanctuary, looked after by zoo keeper Cou...

Robert Valentic / Lowland blotched blue-tongue skink (Tiliqua nigrolutea) male, coastal samphire flats near Port Albert, South Gippsland region, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a Gippsland spiny cray (Euastacus kershawi). Controlled conditions. Tarago River, Neerim South, Victoria, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Campaign coordinator for GECO (Goongerah Environment Centre Office) Ed Hill and three protesters in costumes protesting against logging in East Gippsland on the steps of the Victorian Parliament. Left...

Doug Gimesy / A protester dressed as a Greater glider (Petauroides volans) from GECO (Goongerah Environment Centre Office) protesting against logging in East Gippsland on the steps of the Victorian Parliament, Melb...

Doug Gimesy / Three protesters from GECO (Goongerah Environment Centre Office) protesting against logging in East Gippsland on the steps of the Victorian Parliament, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. February, 2017....

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife rescuer (including snakes) and carer Lorna King feeds a male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'River', a food supplement in her kitchen. River was found near Twin Rivers district (East Gi...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) ) female and joey in their enclosure at a mobile wildlife triage centre at Bairnsdale, which was set up to treat wildlife as a result of the bushfires that have been rav...