Jouan & Rius / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) juvenile in tree, Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male in courtship display, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. Sequence 2 of 3

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Cave along coast, Loch Ard Gorge, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coast, Red Rock Beach, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia

Doug Gimesy / Little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), two standing on rocks at night, silhouetted against Melbourne city lights. St Kilda breakwater, Victoria, Australia. December 2016. COP26 Countdown Photo Competi...

Doug Gimesy / Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) on rocks of St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne city lights in background. Victoria, Australia. January 2017.

Robert Valentic / Central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) basking in mallee / heathland habitat on the Murrayville Track in the Big Desert Wilderness of north-western Victoria, Australia.

Robert Valentic / Striped legless lizard (Delma impar) female, in volcanic plain near Reedesdale in central Victoria, Australia.

Derek Galon / Drone shot revealing Victoria Falls, water is milky blue as it contains sulphur from Boiling Lake, Dominica, 2019

Derek Galon / Drone shot approaching Victoria Falls after heavy rains, normally water is milky blue as it contains sulphur from Boiling Lake, after rain it is muddy, Dominica, 2019.

Jiri Lochman / Wongai Ningaui (Ningaui ridei) catching beetle, Goongarrie NP, at the western egde of Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia.

Robert Valentic / Eastern tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) female, Yarra River corridor in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in mid-summer. She is in a defensive pre-strike position with hood expanded, accompanie...

Robert Valentic / Red-bellied Blacksnake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) basking on rock, Lerderderg Gorge, Victoria, Australia, February.

David Gallan / Cameratrap video of a male Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) courting female on display mound, Australia, July.

Robert Valentic / Portrait of an adult Three-toed Earless Skink (Hemiergis talbingoensis) Tallarook, Goulburn River in central Victoria, Australia.

Eric Baccega / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda, February.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), released onto a log in Little Yarra River, Yarra junction, Victoria, Australia. Photographed under controlled conditions. April 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in early morning light on Lake Elizabeth, Great Otway National Park, near Forrest, Victoria, Australia, July 2017.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) just released onto a log in Little Yarra River, Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia. April 2018. Controlled conditions.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Porcupinefish (Diodon nicthemerus) in defensive posture, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tasselled Frogfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) showing lure, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tasselled Frogfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) showing lure, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of the sun rising over Hong Kong Central and Victoria Harbour, seen from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China, June 2017. Hellier

Dave Watts / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), eating Eucalyptus leaves, Victoria, Australia.

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Sanderling (Calidris alba) wading, Victoria, Australia

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris), Victoria, Australia

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) male, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener/ BIA / Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) balancing, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener/ BIA / Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) feeding on flower nectar, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Brush Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Brush Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) calling, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) calling, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) male calling, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener/ BIA / Crested Shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus) male, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener/ BIA / Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) male feeding on berries, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) juvenile, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Rose Robin (Petroica rosea) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) with juvenile, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Crested Shriketit (Falcunculus frontatus), Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) group, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) male, Victoria, Australia

Greg Oakley / Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) sub-adult male, Victoria, Australia

Rob Drummond / Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) flying, Victoria, Australia

Rob Drummond / Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) male, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener / Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris) calling, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener / Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener / Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata), Victoria, Australia

Nick Garbutt / Giant Water Lily (Victoria amazonica) flower in a lagoon at Porto Jofre, off the Cuiaba River, northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, South America.

Hougaard Malan / Rainbow in the spray over Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe, Africa. November 2012.

Gavin Hellier / Panning shot across the business district of Hong Kong, showing the Bank of China Tower, 2 International Finance Centre and Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse from day to night overlooking Hong Kong Island towards Victoria Peak, Victoria Harbour and the Financial District, Hong Kong, China, 2011.

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) feeding on Queensland Umbrella Tree (Schefflera sp) flowers, Victoria, Australia

Vincent Grafhorst / Victoria Falls cascading 420 feet into chasm, largest waterfall in the world, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zimbabwe

Vincent Grafhorst / Victoria Falls cascading 420 feet into chasm, largest waterfall in the world at low water level, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zimbabwe

Vincent Grafhorst / Victoria Falls cascading 420 feet into chasm, largest waterfall in the world with rainbow, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zimbabwe

Jan Wegener / Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) male feeding on berries, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener / Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) male, Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener / Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis), Victoria, Australia

Jan Wegener / Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Victoria, Australia

Tom Gilks / Fishermen preparing nets, Remba Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya.

Tom Gilks / Basic electric wiring linking homes in a slum with a diesel powered generator, Remba Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya.

Laurent Geslin / Twelve apostles, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view from Victoria Peak, City Skyline and Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China 2009. No release available.

Roy Mangersnes / African blood lily (Scadoxus katharinae) flowering the the mist forest around Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, November

Roland Seitre / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) on wet sand, with crayfish. Captive. Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, July.

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male displaying for female on vine lek, Malanda, Queensland, Australia

Inaki Relanzon / Twelve Apostles rock formations, Great Ocean Road, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria State, Australia, September, 2011.

Inaki Relanzon / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) with young in tree, Great Otway National Park, Victoria State, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) curled up sleeping in tree, Great Otway National Park, Victoria State, Australia.

MYN / John Tiddy / Spotted Sun Orchid (Thelymitra ixioides) Victoria, Australia, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

Konrad Wothe / Victoria's riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male displaying in rainforest, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October