Waves of snow clouds roll through the northern end of Lake St Clair partially obscuring the craggy dolerite peaks of the Tasmanian central highlands. Not the sort of scenery most people expect from Australia, the shot was taken looking north towards Narcissus Hut from a small boat on the lake. Heavily glaciated in the last ice age the lake is the deepest in Australia at 160 m (525ft) and covers approximately 45 km2 (17 sq mi). Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Central Highlands, Tasmania, Australia.
A Flinders Island Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and her baby on Maria Island. A muscular marsupial that digs extensive burrows. Unlike other marsupials it has a backwards facing pouch so that when digging it does not gather soil in its pouch over its young.
Looking towards Cape Grafton from Fitzroy Island, with the fading afterglow of sunset over Welcome Bay. The island was named by Captain James Cook in 1770 after the Prime Minister of England at the time. It subsequently became a harsh quarantine station in 1876 for Chinese people heading to the Palmer River goldfields with many not surviving their stay. Sitting within the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, the island and its fringing reef is now a popular spot for relaxation and snorkeling. Tropical Far North Queensland, Australia
