Our Country

Terns on the beach of Fraser Island, Queensland	Farming country near Bright, Victoria, with the Australian Alps in the distance.	The remains of an alpine forest that has been savaged by fierce bushfires.	The beach at Lorne on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria.	The impressive columns of the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria.
A yacht on Sydney's Pittwater at dusk. Lion Island in the distance.	Evening on the edge of the lake in Daylesford, Victoria.	The Nut at night, North-west Tasmania	The Great Dividing Range on the road to Mudgee	The banks of the Murray River near Waikerie
Arkaroola in the Northern The Flinders Ranges, South Australia	Ballooning over ploughed fields, Canowindra, NSW	The foreshore of Geelong harbour and beaches have been decorated with beautifully painted bollards	Orchards in blossom near Bright on the Alpine Way, Victoria	These unusual but attractive street sculptures are in Brisbane, Queensland
Low tide at Clareville Beach on Pittwater, NSW	Farming country, Deloraine, Tasmania	An old farmhouse on a country road between Kempsey and Bowraville on the Mid North Coast of NSW	A child paddling in the well-known El Alamein fountain in Sydney's King Cross	Canola in full flower, looking across to the Grampian Mountains, Victoria
One of the most popular tourist attractions in Sydney is the Bridge Climb. With spectacular views of the city and harbour, it is not hard to see why.	Avalon Beach, Sydney with heavy surf pounding in at the end of the day	A view from the top of Kings Canyon in Central Australia	The spectacular terrain of Kings Canoyon in the Northern Territory	On a land "girt by sea", this could be anywhere on Australia's coast. It happens to be Byron Bay, NSW at dawn.
Lady Elliot Island, a coral caye, is the most southerly island in the Great Barrier Reef. It is like a jewel in the ocean	Moonrise over the lagoon in Lady Elliot Island, Queensland's Great Barrier Reed.	A passenger relaxes on the deck of the ferry to the Low Islands on the Barrier Reef off the coast at Port Douglas, Queensland.	The Low Islands on the Great Barrier Reef. It was here that Australian icon, Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray.	Mt Roland in Northwest Tasmania.
Western Australia grass trees, Boddington, WA	The mountain devil is one of nature's more unusual reptiles, perfectly adapted to the blazing heat of Australia's interior	A thunderstorm at dusk over Pittwater, NSW, casts a dark pall over the water, highlighting the white hulls of the moored boats	A tranquil day on Pittwater. Two children fishing off Taylors Point jetty with yachting regatta in the distance.	v Sunset at Clareville Beach, Pittwater NSW
Misty hills over young vines in the Hunter Valley, Pokolbin, NSW.	The tough old boot of a stockman at a country rodeo, Gresford, NSW	The Murray River supplies many small lakes and billabongs with water. They dry up when the river levels drop, all part of a natural cycle which allows for regeneration of a finely balanced eco-system.	The old VW body is a landmark in the outback town of Silverton, west of Broken Hill in NSW.	A shaft of light illuminates a farmhouse as a strom gathers over wheat country near Tailem Bend in South Australia.
The last light of day over the little village of Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania	It doesn't get any more Australian than this. Wide open spaces, blue skies and a property with the name of "Billabong" - near Tamworth NSW	The promenade on the waterfront at The Entrance on the NSW Central Coast.	An abandoned farmhouse and windmill in South Gippsland, Victoria	Ploughing the rich red soil preparing for the next season's peanut crop near Kingaroy, Queensland
Australia's most famous landmark, Uluru, blazes a rich red as it catches the rays of the setting sun.