Dave Watts / Platypus {Ornithorhynchus anatinus} swimming underwater Tasmania, Australia. Composite.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Lichen (Caloplaca sp) covered coastal rock, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Granite rocks with lichen and Milky Way, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Anemone (Corynactis australis) group, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Robert Valentic / Lowland blotched blue-tongue (Tiliqua nigrolutea) on a coastal bluff in the Bay of Fires region of north-eastern Tasmania, Australia, spring.

David Gallan / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) surfacing in a pool, Tasmania, Australia, September.

David Gallan / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) feeding, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia, September.

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) seven month old orphaned joey at feeding time, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) foster mother, Linda Tabone, bottle feeding six month old orphaned joey, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) five month old orphaned joey with pacifier in mouth, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) orphan met by children, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) orphan with sanctuary director, Greg Irons, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia