Dave Watts / Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) with joey in pouch, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, September

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) diving underwater near Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctica, Australia. Highly commended, GDT competition 2012.

Dave Watts / Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) adult male with chicks, World Heritage National Park rainforest of the Wet Tropics, north Queensland, Australia

Roland Seitre / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) underwater. Captive. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Steven David Miller / Australian freshwater / Johnstone's crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni) with fish in mouth, a scrap from a fisherman, Lake Kununurra, Western Australia, July

Steven David Miller / Australian freshwater / Johnstone's crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni) with damaged upper jaw in shallow water waiting for a scrap from a fisherman, Lake Kununurra, Western Australia, July

Petra Wegner / Australian Shepherd, red-tri, close up of paw touching womans hand. Model released

Petra Wegner / Australian Shepherd, red-tri, close up of paw touching womans hand. Model released

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) sitting on beach with one flipper up, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Edwin Giesbers / Male Australian / Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) portrait, captive

Edwin Giesbers / Male Australian / Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) head portrait, captive

Petra Wegner / Border Collie puppy, 14 weeks, Australian red-white.