Tim Laman / Sunset illuminates Antarctic peaks in the vicinity of Adelaide Island and the Arrowsmith Peninsula. Antarctica, February 2009

Tim Laman / Sunset illuminates Antarctic peaks in the vicinity of Adelaide Island and the Arrowsmith Peninsula. Antarctica, February 2009

James Brickell / Sir David Attenborough watching a Gidgee skink, (Egernia stokesi) performing a threat display in Adelaide, South Australia, whilst filming for BBC television series Life in Cold Blood. November 2006

James Brickell / Sir David Attenborough holding a Gidgee skink (Egernia stokesi) in Adelaide, South Australia whilst filming for BBC television series Life in Cold Blood. November 2006

Konrad Wothe / Iceberg at sunrise, Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Steven David Miller / Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) captive, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia

Steven David Miller / Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)juvenile portrait, captive, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia

Steven David Miller / Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus) female looking up from preening front feathers, captive, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia

Steven David Miller / King parrot (Alisterus scapularis) male perched in tree limb listening to other birds calling, captive, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia

Robert Valentic / Gravid female Adelaide pygmy blue tongue skink {Tiliqua adelaidensis} basking on rock in open grassland habitat, Burra, South Australia. Endangered

Grant Dixon / Lake Adelaide basin seen through ice opening, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Miles Barton / Pygmy blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua adelaidensis) on sand, Australia. It was thought for a time to be extinct, and is still threatened

David Noton / Koala {Phascolarctos cinerus} Cleland Wildlife Park, Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia

David Noton / Vineyard, nr Oakbank, Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia

Jeff Rotman / Saltwater crocodile {Crocodylus porosus} leaping out of water for bait, Adelaide river, NT, Australia

Jeff Rotman / Warning signs for Saltwater crocodiles {Crocodylus porosus} Adelaide river, NT, Australia

Fred Bavendam / Southern Calamari (Sepioteuthis australis) congregating to lay their eggs, Adelaide, Australia

Fred Bavendam / Southern Calamari (Sepioteuthis australis) congregating to lay their eggs, Adelaide, Australia

Fred Bavendam / Southern Calamari (Sepioteuthis australis) congregating to lay their eggs, Adelaide, Australia

Steven David Miller / Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus). Warrawong Sanctuary, Adelaide, Southern Australia. Captive.

Jeff Rotman / Saltwater crocodile jumping. {Crocodylus porosus} Adelaide River, Australia. Northern

Jeff Rotman / Saltwater crocodile jumping. {Crocodylus porosus} Adelaide River, Australia. Northern

Jeff Rotman / 2 month old Saltwater crocodile {Crocodylus porosus} Adelaide River, Australia. Northern

Jeff Rotman / Saltwater crocodile {Crocodylus porosus} jumping, Adelaide River, Australia

Martin Gabriel / Wollemi pine tree {Wollemia nobillis} Adelaide Botannical Gardens, S Australia - tree species discovered in 1994, planted specimen, protected in a locked cage january 2002

Jeff Rotman / Saltwater crocodile jumping {Crocodylus porosus} Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia.

Jeff Rotman / Saltwater Crocodile jumping out of river {Crocodylus porosus} Adelaide River, Australia

Jeff Rotman / Saltwater crocodile at water surface, Adelaide River {Crocodylus porosus} Northern Territory, Australia

Jeff Rotman / Saltwater crocodile jumping {Crocodylus porosus}, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia

Richard Kirby / Cameraman Richard Kirby baiting a Saltwater crocodile to encourage it to jump. On location for BBC television series "Crocodiles", 1997. Adelaide river, Northern Territories, Australia

Robert Valentic / Adelaide pygmy copperhead snake {Austrelaps labialis} strike pose, South Australia