Lakes Entrance, the seamouth of the Lakes District, Australia's largest inland waterway on the coast of Gippsland in east of the state, Victoria, Australia

The Blue Lake, a natural reservoir and one of three crater lakes at the top of Mt Gambier, an extinct volcano and town in the south east of the state, South Australia, Australia

Rainforest, Bunyip State Park, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Morning fog at Lake Burragorang, Burragorang State Conservation Area, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Victoria State Library, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

The Murray River at Murray Bridge, the state's largest river town, south east of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Watego's Beach, a popular surf break between Byron Bay and Cape Byron in the far north of the state, New South Wales (N.S.W.), Australia, Pacific

Looking south from Cape Byron to Tallow Beach, a surfing spot east of the resort of Byron Bay in the north east of the state, New South Wales (N.S.W.), Australia, Pacific

Rebuilding at Marysville, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

The centre of Marysville destroyed by the bush fires, it was one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Burnt forest near Marysville, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Burnt forest near Marysville, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Burnt forest near Marysville, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Rebuilding houses at Kinglake, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Rebuilding houses at Kinglake, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

A church destroyed at Kinglake, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Rebuilding houses at Kinglake, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Diver observing Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) at close range while scuba diving, Pacific Ocean, Yap Island, Yap State, Caroline Islands, FSM, Federated States of Micronesia, Australia, Oceania

Number plate Western Australia, Australia

An aerial view of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Sydney lit up at dawn seen from the water, including the Sydney Opera House.