Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a cage at the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre (which was a public hall until the fires). This Koala is being treated for burns. Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia. Jan...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a Eucalyptus tree after recent bushfires, just before having a visual inspection for its health. If it is determined that a closer examination is required to determin...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a Eucalyptus tree after recent bushfires, just before having a visual inspection. If it is determined that a closer examination is required to determine its health, i...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, in crate prior to transport to the Bairnsdale wildlife triage centre - which had been set up...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is held and checked by Forest and Wildlife officer Lachlan Clarke. After an initial assessmen...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is transported in a crate to a vehicle by members of the Australian Defence Force. It will th...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officers do a preliminary health check on a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been brought down from a tree to be checked for burns and weight after a bush fire in the area....

Doug Gimesy / Cherry picker' ascends with a Forest and Wildlife officer to collect a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) from the tree so it can have a health check following bush fires in the area. Gelantipy, Vict...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and wildlife officer (assisted by members of the Australian Defence Force) transfers a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area,...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was found walking across burnt ground after a fire, is collected by Forest and Wildlife Lachlan Clarke, (right), assisted by a member of the Australian Defence For...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has come down from a tree after a bush fire and is walking across burnt ground, is collected by Forest and Wildlife Officer Lachlan Clarke. Gelantipy, Victoria, Au...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has come down from a tree after a bush fire in the area, sits on the burnt ground. Gelantipy, Victoria, Australia. January 2020 Non-ex.

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officer collecting a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) from a tree using a rope so it can have a health check following bush fires in the area. Gelantipy, Victoria, Australia. January...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated bya member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being use...

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an image sent via a drone of a koala (Phascolarct...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated by a member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being us...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated by a member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being us...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, in crate prior to transport to the Bairnsdale wildlife triage centre, set up following the...

Doug Gimesy / Royal Australian Airforce crew carry a crate which contains a koala off a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan. This plane was used to transport six koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) evacuated...

Doug Gimesy / Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby makes final arrangements to drive to Heaslville Sanctuary from East Sale RAAF Base, with a young rescued burn victim Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named '...

Doug Gimesy / After a flight from Mallacoota and just landing at East Sale RAAF base, a young Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Micky' - one of 6 being evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre to M...

Doug Gimesy / Inside of a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan that is transporting 6 koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) that were burnt in the Mallacoota (Victoria, Australia) bushfires and are now being ev...

Doug Gimesy / Triage coordinator and Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby Smith - sitting in a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan - holding a young koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in th...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Baby Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Micky' - one of six evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre to Melbourne for further treatment to burns resulting from the Mallacoota bushfires...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an infra red image, sent via a drone, of a Koala...

David Gallan / A gutted train cafe in the main street of Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia. Damage caused by December 2019 bushfires.

David Gallan / Rural Fire Service volunteers staff a road block, waiting for heavy machinery to help clear the road. The surrounding forest was burned during the December 2019 bushfires.

David Gallan / Dead trees continue to burn long after a bushfire has swept through forest in New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

David Gallan / Dead trees continue to burn long after a bushfire has swept through forest in New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

David Gallan / Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) drinking from bird bath as a bushfire burns in the surrounding forest. Sky reddened by ash and smoke. Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Remains of a building after a bushfire in Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / House photographed during a bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. The photograph was taken at noon but ash and smoke from the fire darkened the sky and created night time conditions. Badja F...

David Gallan / Burnt temperate rainforest in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. The forest was damaged by the December 2019 - January 2020 bushfires.

David Gallan / Bushfire in a moist gully near the Clyde River, New South Wales, Australia. This wet gully is normally resistant to fire but has succumbed after months of severe drought and record-breaking temperatur...

David Gallan / Blackened trees and scorched tree ferns in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Damage caused by the December 2019 - January 2020 bushfires. Stressed trees have dropped scorched leaves ont...

David Gallan / Blackened trees and scorched tree ferns in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Damage caused by the December 2019 - January 2020 bushfires. Stressed trees have dropped scorched leaves ont...

David Gallan / Farmland in the wake of a bushfire near Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / The remains of the main street after a bushfire in Cobargo, NSW, Australia. Two people perished on New Years Eve 2019, and one later died in hospital. January 2020.

David Gallan / Desperately thirsty eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) drink from a bird bath following a bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. Water holes had dried up due to drought and food was...

David Gallan / Bushfire in forest, New South Wales, Australia. The photograph was taken during the day but ash and smoke from the fire darkened the sky and created night time conditions. Badja Fire north of the Bega...

David Gallan / Kings Highway surrounded by burnt forest, New South Wales, Australia. The forest was damaged by the Currawan fire (later re-named the Clyde Fire after a mega fire developed) in 2014.

David Gallan / Bushfire in spotted gum (Corymbia maculata) forest on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Bushfire in spotted gum (Corymbia maculata) forest on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / A member of the Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade patrolling a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade patrolling a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Members of the Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade light up a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / A member of the Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade lights up a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / A member of the Angledale Rural Fire Service brigade lights up a backburn to protect the edge of Bermagui township, New South Wales, Australia. January 2020.

David Gallan / Burnt forest in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Damage caused by bushfire.

David Gallan / Death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) escapes a bushfire by taking shelter in a drainage pipe under the road. New South Wales, Australia.

David Gallan / Forest fire on ridge near Clyde River, New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researcher holding a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) which was captured as part of a Melbourne Water study to monitor the local population. Chum Creek, Healsville, Victoria, Australia. Ma...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers examining an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and starting to glue a temporary radio transponder to its tail, allowing researchers to track its movements. Snowy River...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researchers placing gill nets in the Snowy river. Mitta Mitta River, Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May, 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Scientist about to bang star picket stakes into rivers to which a fyke net will be secured. This net will then used to try and capture Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Mitta Mitta River, Dartmout...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers taking bill measurements from a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).Warburton, Victoria, Australia. October, 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Gill nets placed in the Snowy river to capture, examine, take measurements and place tracking devices on Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Snowy River, Jindabyne, NSW, Australia. September, 2017.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) undergoing surgical implantation of radio transponder Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / The high flow water release event from Jindabyne dam. Jindabyne, NSW, Australia. October, 2017.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) blood taken from an anaesthetised platypus captured in field. It will be put into a test tube for later analysis. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Microchip is inserted into the neck of a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) before being released back into the wild. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researcher setting platypus catching fyke nets in the late afternoon in the Little Yarra River, Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researcher setting platypus catching Fyke nets in the late afternoon in the Little Yarra River, Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia. April, 2018. Model released

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researcher taking cheek pouch samples from an anaesthetized platypus that was captured earlier from in the Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. Dalgety, NSW, Austr...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researcher holding a young female platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) just before releasing it back into a stream. Healsville, Victoria, Australia. September, 2018.Model released

Doug Gimesy / Scientist examining river water to tests for platypus DNA. Cesar Research Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. June, 2017.Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Researcher examining the spur of a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) that was captured as part of a Melbourne Water study into their distribution. Spurs can help a researchers age a male platypus. W...

Doug Gimesy / Young Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) just released onto a log in McMahons Creek, Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia. Photographed under controlled conditions. September 2017.

Doug Gimesy / This mural next to the Yarra River which is a local hotspot for Platypus, and forms part of a broader 3 year 'Communities for Platypus program' in the area. Warburton, Victoria, Australia. J...

Doug Gimesy / Researcher examining the spur of a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) that was captured as part of a Melbourne Water study into their distribution. Spurs can help a researchers age a male platypus. W...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers rowing into the middle of the Snowy River to collect a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from the gill net they had set hours before. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September...

Doug Gimesy / The high flow water release event from Jindabyne dam. Jindabyne, NSW, Australia. October, 2017.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researchers placing gill nets in the Mitta Mitta River to capture platypus. Mitta Mitta River, Darmouth, Victoria, Australia. May, 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researcher weighing Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Warburton, Victoria, Australia. October, 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Anaesthetised Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is readied for a radio transponder to be surgically implanted in a make-shift surgical theatre in a lounge room. This transponder will allow researche...

Doug Gimesy / Rear left ankle of a male platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) held by a researcher showing venomous spur. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Scientist taking blood sample from Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018. Model release supplied.

Doug Gimesy / Scientist taking blood sample from Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018. Model release supplied.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) researchers preparing radio receivers to be placed into the river and help track the movement of platypus which have had transponders attached. Dalgety, NSW, Austra...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers packing up fyke nets in the early morning. These were set the afternoon prior to try and capture platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) as part of a Melbourne Water study. Woori Yall...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researcher holding a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) whilst field assistant measures the bill length. It was captured as part of a Melbourne Water study to monitor the local population. C...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) gliding quietly in the early morning light on Lake Elizabeth, Great Otway National Park, near Forrest, Victoria, Australia, September 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers holding a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and measuring bill length. It was captured as part of a Melbourne Water study to monitor the local population. Chum Creek, Healsville...

Doug Gimesy / Winter evening fog rises above a slow moving section of the Mitta Mitta River,Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia, a place where Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) call home. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers taking bill measurements from a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Healsville, Victoria, Australia. September, 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Blood is drawn from the bill of an anaesthetised Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September 2017 Model release supplied.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) blood taken from an anaesthetised platypus captured in field. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Winter evening fog rises above a slow moving section of the Mitta Mitta River, Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) habitat. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Two platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) eggs held in researchers hands (at night. these were discovered in field by researchers. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers rowing into the middle of the Snowy River tp collect Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from net, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September 2017. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers taking bill measurements from a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Healsville, Victoria, Australia. September, 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers rowing into the middle of the Snowy River to collect a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from the gill net they had set hours before. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. Septembe...

Doug Gimesy / Scientists surgically implanting radio transponder Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May, 2018. Model released.