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

Christophe Courteau / Whale headed / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) catching a Lungfish (Protoperus sp) in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda / Bec en sabot, dipneuste, Lac Victoria, Ouganda

Christophe Courteau / Whale headed / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) in flight over the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda / Bec en sabot, Lac Victoria, Ouganda

Alex Mustard / A juvenile Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) in its habitat. Flinders Jetty, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, March.

Alex Mustard / Large / Pot Bellied Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis) face portrait. Blairgowrie Marina, Mornington Peninsular, Victoria, Australia, March.

Pete Oxford / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on leaf of Royal water lily (Victoria amazonica) savannah, Rupununi, Guyana

Philip Dalton / Waterspout over Lake Victoria, Uganda

Philip Dalton / Waterspout over Lake Victoria, Uganda

Mark Bowler / Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) head portrait, vulnerable species, captive

Mark Bowler / Swarm of Phantom midges / Lake flies (Chaoborus edulis) over Lake Victoria, Entebbe, Uganda, July 2006

Tim Laman / Male Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) bird of paradise perched, calling on display perch. Atherton Tablelands, Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland, Australia.

Jouan & Rius / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) juvenile, sitting on the ground, Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Myrtle beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii), Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Hopetoun Falls on Aire River, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Eucalyptus trees in mountain forest, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Rays of sunlight penetrating Eucalyptus forest, Victoria, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Looking down from tree canopy to tree ferns of Mountain forest below, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Royal eucalyptus (Eucalyptus regnans) and Soft tree-ferns (Dicksonia antarctica), Tarra Bulga National Park, Victoria, Australia.

Jouan & Rius / Morning fog in eucalypt forest, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia.

Jouan & Rius / Morning fog in eucalypt forest, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia.

Konrad Wothe / Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male arranging blue ornaments to impress female in bower, Victoria, Australia

Staffan Widstrand / Looking down onto Wilson's Promontory NP coastline, Victoria, Australia

Pete Oxford / Victoria falls with rainbow in spray, Zimbabwe

Roger Powell / Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) courtship preening. Victoria, Australia

Roger Powell / Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) courtship preening. Victoria, Australia

Gavin Hellier / The Twelve Apostles at dusk, The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

Tim Edwards / Twelve apostles rock formation at sunset. Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia

Claus Meyer / Amazon Water Lily (Victoria amazonica) flower and lily pad, Amazon, Brazil

Konrad Wothe / Hopetoun Falls on the Aire River flowing through rainforest, Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Tui De Roy / Glacial tongue of Dugdale and Murray Glaciers descending the Admiralty Mountains into Robertson Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) eggs and newborn, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) eggs and newborn, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) eggs, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Staffan Widstrand / Australian pelican {Pelecanus conspicillatus} and White breasted cormorants {Phalacrocorax lucidus} Victoria, Australia

Neil Lucas / Tim Shepherd filming Royal Water Lilies in Brazil for the BBC series The Private Life of Plants in December 1993. Model released

Pete Oxford / Black caiman {Caiman niger} juvenile on Royal water lily pad (Victoria amazonica) Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, South America

Gavin Hellier / City skyline and Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, Georgetown, Penang (Pulua Pinang) Malaysia 2008

Gavin Hellier / Boats in harbour and Georgetown city skyline with Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, Penang, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia 2008

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view from Victoria Peak at dusk, City Skyline and Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view from Victoria Peak, City Skyline and Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view from Victoria Peak, City Skyline and Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / Skyline of Central, Hong Kong Island, from Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, 2009

Gavin Hellier / Skyline of Central, Hong Kong Island, from Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, 2009

Gavin Hellier / Skyline of Central Hong Kong Island, from Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, 2009

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak at night, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / Aerial view over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / Avenue of the Stars, Chinese Film Walk of Fame, Victoria Harbour, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / View over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak, the illuminated skyline of Central sits below The Peak, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / View over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak, the illuminated skyline of Central sits below The Peak, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / View over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak, China, 2009

Gavin Hellier / View over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak, China 2009

Gavin Hellier / Skyline of Central Hong Kong Island, from Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, 2009

Gavin Hellier / Skyline of Central Hong Kong Island, from Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, 2009

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view across the busy Hong Kong harbour, Central district of Hong Kong Island and Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China 2011

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view across the busy Hong Kong harbour, Central district of Hong Kong Island and Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China, 2012

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view across the busy Hong Kong harbour, Central district of Hong Kong Island and Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China 2011

Christophe Courteau / Lily pads of Giant / Royal water lily (Victoria amazonica) Pantanal, Brazil.

Christophe Courteau / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on Giant waterlily leaves (Victoria amazonica) Pantanal. Brazil.

Christophe Courteau / Lily pads of Giant / Royal water lily (Victoria amazonica) Pantanal, Brazil.

Christophe Courteau / Lily pads of Giant / Royal water lily (Victoria amazonica) at dawn Pantanal, Brazil.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Looking down Murchison Falls, Victoria Nile, Uganda, East Africa 2011

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Victoria Nile river, near Murchison Falls, Uganda, East Africa

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Amolar mountains in background, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Flowers open at night to attract beetles to pollinate them. The flower is 10c warmer than its surroundings, this hel...

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Amolar mountains in background, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Amolar mountains in background, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) close up of leaf Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) new flowers are white, Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Flowers open at night to attract beetles to pollinate them. The flower is 10c warmer than its surroundings, this hel...

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) underside of leaf showing spines for protection against fish, and thick stems filled with air for support to float on water, Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park,...

Paul Williams / Giant water lily leves (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) new flowers are white, Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) underside of leaf showing spines for protection against fish, and thick stems filled with air for support to float on water, Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park,...

Paul Williams / Rufescent Tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) supported by Giant water lily leaf (Victoria cruziana) with Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) in background, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Flowers open at night to attract beetles to pollinate them. The flower is 10c warmer than its surroundings, this hel...

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Flowers open at night to attract beetles to pollinate them. The flower is 10c warmer than its surroundings, this hel...

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Flowers open at night to attract beetles to pollinate them. The flower is 10c warmer than its surroundings, this hel...

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Flowers open at night to attract beetles to pollinate them. The flower is 10c warmer than its surroundings, this hel...

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Flowers open at night to attract beetles to pollinate them. The flower is 10c warmer than its surroundings, this hel...

Alex Mustard / Southern / pacific blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) swims across the seabed. Port Philip Bay, Blairgowrie, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Alex Mustard / A Southern sand octopus (Octopus kaurna) digs into the sediment with its long arms at night. While many octopus dig holes, this is the only known species that forms a mucous-lined burrow complete with...

Alex Mustard / Southern sand octopus (Octopus kaurna), photographed at night. This species spends the day burried, with a thin chimney to the surface. Port Philip Bay, Blairgowrie, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Alex Mustard / Southern keeled octopus (Octopus berrima) moves across the sand at night. Port Philip Bay, Blairgowrie, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

David Noton / The moon over the eroded coastline of the Twelve Apostles at dusk, Port Campbell National Park, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. February 2006.

David Noton / Eroded coastline near Loch Ard Gorge, Port Campbell National Park, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. February 2006.