Your Australia Photos -- National Geographic

Byron Bay
Photograph by Elena Martinello, Your Shot
Nothing is better than surfing at sunset. Good waves, good light, good friends.
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Springbrook National Park
Photograph by Thirumurugan Ponnusamy, My Shot
Natural Bridge in Springbrook National Park is a most unusual geological feature created over millions of years by water tumbling through the roof of a basalt cave. I went there on a cloudy day to capture the silky white waterfall through the hole formed by the surrounding rocks.
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Swim Competition, Perth
Photograph by Vincent Tachoires, My Shot
Swimmers are ready to rush to the waves during the Surf Life Saving championships held in 2009 in Perth.
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Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park
Photograph by Tracy Lubarsky, Your Shot
This photo is taken in the Madonna cave in Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park, Queensland, Australia. The Fairy Grotto shows the wonder of limestone formations created over hundreds of years.
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Ayers Rock
Photograph by Jose Luis Trisan, My Shot
Image taken at sunset at Uluru (Ayers Rock). Panorama composed of five photographs.
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St. Andrew's Cross Spider
Photograph by Tanya Rossi, My Shot
Queensland, Australia
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Melbourne at Night
Photograph by Jin Choi, My Shot
Night view from Princess Bridge in Melbourne
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Station Hand
Photograph by Rowan Bestmann, My Shot
Sixteen-year-old station hand Ray rings his girlfriend after a long day of tailing cattle on horseback in inland Australia.
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Centre Place, Melbourne
Photograph by Jin Choi, My Shot
Centre Place is the most popular laneway in Melbourne.
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Channel Country
Photograph by Rowan Bestmann, My Shot
Yellow wildflowers shroud the landscape following the floods of January 2009. It is areas like this that really define Australia's Channel Country as unique. Without the floods, this springing forth of life would only take place if rains fell, and that is extremely rare in this part of Australia.
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Uluru
Photograph by Felicity Nayong, My Shot
Uluru, the symbol of Australia, is a symbol of the struggle for indigenous land rights.
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Gunning
Photograph by Dale Gribble, My Shot
Taken in Gunning, Australia. I was staying on a farm and saw the sunset, so I ran to the top of the hill and took the picture—and got the lighting just right.
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Bondi Beach
Photograph by Stefan Geyer, My Shot
An early afternoon sun paints storm clouds and a rainbow over Bondi Beach.
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Cape Clairault
Photograph by Scott Bycroft, My Shot
Illuminated dead trees sit atop a dune, pre-dawn, at Cape Clairault in Australia's South West region.
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Simpson Desert
Photograph by Paul Evans, My Shot
The Simpson Desert occupies approximately 176,500 square kilometers of central Australia, and is a sand or dune sea that contains the world's longest parallel sand dunes. These north-south oriented dunes are static, held in position by vegetation, such as Spinifex, various native grasses and Georgina gidgee trees.
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Eastern Gray Kangaroos
Photograph by Adrian Bulley, My Shot
A mob of eastern gray kangaroos gathers in the late afternoon at the end of a beautiful summer's day in Yuraygir National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
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Lake Eyre Dragon
Photograph by Kyle Dadleh, My Shot
South Australia
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Australian Pelicans
Photograph by Eric Morris, My Shot
They were hungry and snuck up on me, thinking I'd feed 'em.
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Victoria Coast
Photograph by Carsten Lange, My Shot
This photo was taken at the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia, just before sunset. I had to drive a little bit too fast to get there—I was afraid I wouldn't make it before it got dark.
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Fur Seal
Photograph by Trevor Keyler, My Shot
A fur seal on Australia's Kangaroo Island
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Frilled Lizard
Photograph by Anders Zimny, My Shot
A frilled lizard in its defense posture during a 2010 field trip to Cape York, Australia
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Kangaroo and Joey
Photograph by Paul Evans, My Shot
A female kangaroo with a joey in her pouch bounds across a gibber plain in the northern part of the Simpson Desert.
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Maroubra, New South Wales
Phtoograph by Yan Zhang, My Shot
In the early morning of the first day of 2010, I came to Maroubra, a well-known eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia, to get some fresh air. I saw this man standing at the cliff's edge, and the word "solitude" came to me.
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Channel Country
Photograph by Rowan Bestmann, My Shot
The Channel Country of Australia in its fullest moment. Channels full of water give life and sustenance to an array of plant and animal life.
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Cathedral Rock National Park
Photograph by Kieran O'Connor, My Shot
This was taken in the Cathedral Rock area of New South Wales, Australia.
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Coastline
Photograph Nam Prasad Satsangi, My Shot
Aerial view of Australia's coastline
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Sunrise, New South Wales
Photograph by Kieran O'Connor, My Shot
Sunrise on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia
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Melbourne at Night
Photograph by Jin Choi, My Shot
Night view of Melbourne
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National Museum of Australia
Photogrpah by Victor Marz, My Shot
The National Museum of Australia in Canberra was designed and built by architect Howard Raggatt and formally opened on March 11, 2001. The 30-meter-high loop on the left aligns with Uluru (Ayers Rock) in central Australia.
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Campsite, Outback
Photograph by Justin Walker, My Shot
This image was taken during a recent outback adventure in the Northern Territory. What stands out most to me is the vast outback night sky; the bright, glowing full moon; and the light from the four-wheel drive parked near our tent. The tent's color, from the 30-second exposure, also reflects the ocher colors found in the outback's sand and rocks.
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Lightning, Brisbane
Photograph by Troy Curry, My Shot
Here is a photo I have taken at Kangaroo Point lookout during a typical summer Brisbane storm.
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Koala
Photograph by Justin Yett, Your Shot
This is a picture I took in Brisbane, Australia, at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. It is of a young koala sleeping in a tree. I did not edit this picture at all.
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Claustral Canyon, Blue Mountains
Photograph by Adam Matusz, Your Shot
Abseiler descends down the second abseil in the Black Hole of Calcutta in Claustral Canyon, Blue Mountains, Australia.
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Blairgowrie
Photograph by Jin Choi, My Shot
Sunset at Blairgowrie, Victoria, Australia
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Mosaic Jellyfish
Photograph by Melissa Fiene, My Shot
An image of a mosaic jellyfish. This shot was taken in the Coral Sea, 100 nautical miles off Cairns, Australia. I tried to capture the moment being surreal and calming in nature.
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Web Bridge
Photograph by Jin Choi, My Shot
Docklands, Melbourne
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Melbourne City Centre
Photograph by Carmel McFayden, Your Shot
I grew up in Melbourne, Australia, and have numerous memories of running down Swanston Street, glancing up at the clocks and trying to catch that soon-to-be-departing train. What I wanted to capture was the feel of the CBD, the bustling activity, the people, the cars, the new buildings, all against the backdrop of the old station. It's an anchor to the city. The original photo was beautiful in color; however in black and white it is something more monumental.
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Simpson Desert
Photograph by Paul Evans, Your Shot
At sunset the red dunes of the Simpson Desert in central Australia glow in the fading light, radiating out across the lower plains, creating a scene that captures both the vastness and magic of the arid interior.
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Forest Kingfisher
Photograph by Jeremy Weiss, Your Shot
A forest kingfisher I saw on a trip to North Queensland, Australia. Despite sitting on open perches, they were pretty flighty and it was difficult to get very close.
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Ferris Wheel
Photograph by Jin Choi, My Shot
Melbourne
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Old Town Sydney
Photograph by Chris Buhlmann, My Shot
Old Town Sydney, Australia, at very early dawn. This was shot from the roof of a hotel. I used a fisheye lens to capture from the street below the view of the harbor with the famous Sydney Opera House.
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