One of our best loved Australian animals.

Unfortunately, due to the destruction of the koala's habitat through logging and urban development, there are only 2,000 - 8,000 koalas left - an astonishing drop of 90% in less than a decade!

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Frill Necked Lizard making his way down our driveway.

When threatened they open their frill like an umbrella and hiss.

They grow up to 60cm and have been known to jump up to 30 feet!

Perentie, a species of monitor lizard found in central Australia.

A predator of the centipede.

Here we see a male Bustard in full courtship display.

He extends his breast-sac to the ground and swings it from side to side and also roars like a distant lion.

Quite persuasive and impressive, as he grows up to 1.5 metres tall!

A baby kangaroo (also called a joey), just entering the pouch.

Looks like it's time for Mum to start hinting that the living arrangements are getting a bit tight.

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One of our many species of rock lizard.

This little guy was photographed near Uluru, in deep concentration and totally unaware of our camera.

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Australia's wild dog, the dingo.

Believed to have been introduced by indigenous people several thousand years ago.

Our largest migrant wader, The Curlew.They grow to 600mm. Known for it's haunting call at night, said to portend death.

A rare photo of our shy echidna.

They are solitary animals, meeting only to breed.

Echidnas carry young in their pouch and suckle them with milk. They are termite-eaters.

Ancestors of the echidna are said to have been roaming the earth with the dinosaurs, at least 110 millions years ago.

Rainbow Bee-Eater in front of Uluru.

These are insect eaters and it's a joy to watch them fly.

The salt water crocodile, our most dangerous animal.

They are the largest of all living reptiles, can live up to 100 years old and swim at 25 km per hour in short bursts.

Fresh water Sword Fish.

Quite a spectacular sight to have this fellow swim over the top of you!

A cousin of the laughing kookaburra, the Kingfisher.

These beautifully coloured birds have an intimate relationship with termites as they use their mounds to make their nest.

They drill their way into termite nest in the tops of trees.

Wallabies are marsupials and look like small kangaroos.

Their young will stay in the pouch for 8-9 months.

Fairly rare, this orphaned female Buzzard is being looked after at a wildlife park in Northern Australia.

They hope to find a mate for her and then release them both.

Her wing span will grow to 1.5 metres long.

One of our little friends in the tropics, a green tree frog.

In the wet season their breeding songs are extremely loud.

Unlike us they can't seem to get enough of the rain!

Water Buffalos are an introduced (non-native) species.

They were introduced into Australia's Northern Territory in the 1800's as a new industry.

They have now been brought back to small numbers - after they did a lot of damage to wetlands and were responsible for the spread of many noxious weeds.