Seen near Cairns, in the jungle.

A great place to see some birdlife - and lots of water after the desert: Cooinda in the Northern Territory.

Ayers Rock in the evening. It is amazing how the colours change in the course of a day.
This is due to reflecting particles in the rock itself.

many more pictures from Australia at my website:

Taken at the same time as my shot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The sun rises over the marshes in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territories, Australia.

and here’s another sunset shot from the same evening.

On my last day before leaving Australia, I had the chance to take some nice sunset photos.

The original owners of the land still know best how to protect it: many of the bush fires are actually started by aborigines to prevent much worse natural fires from spreading.
Also, many of the plants have adapted so well that they actually need such a fire from time to time…
Picture taken in Kakadu National Park, Australia.

The moon seen from a camp in the Australian outback.

This was taken on the same occasion as my rainbow over the Sydney Opera house picture.

I never came across as many sleepy animals in one country! Could it be that there’s something in the air? Just a few shots, - I’ve got more…

Sleeping Wombat in a private zoo near Melbourne

Kangaroo in a private zoo near Melbourne

Sleeping (?) frog in the Sydney Aquarium

You find pictures from Australia over at the main site:

Australia I Sydney: Sydney Opera House; Skyline; Sydney Harbour Bridge The Red Heart: Ulara; Ayer’s Rock; Alice Springs Kuranda: Grass; "Sun bird"   Australia II North of the Centre: Katherine river; Kookaburra; bats at Mataranka; Cooinda: birdlife; Salt water crocodiles in the Adelaide river; Kakadu National Park; traditional aboriginal drawings, snake.   Australia III Kakadu National Park: bush fire; lovers under a stone cross; Darwin: in a pub; trees; "outdoor" painting; sunset

More pictures (by other photographers) at the guest gallery. If you have beautiful pictures of your own, why not submit them? Laurenz