D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) male, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) grinding prey between plates of its bill, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) swimming on surface, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) male, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) trio in Umbrella Tree (Schefflera actinophylla), Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Jiri Lochman / Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes subsp.rubeculus) Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Ulysses butterfly (Papilio ulysses) taking off, Atherton Tableland, North-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Tim Laman / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male on display perch. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Jurgen Freund / Detail of the Curtain Fig Tree, a Strangler Fig Tree(Ficus virens) growing on fallen tree, Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, Australia

Jurgen Freund / Detail of the Curtain Fig Tree, a Strangler Fig Tree(Ficus virens) growing on fallen tree, Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, Australia

Marie Read / Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayana) perching amid bottlebrush (Callistemon sp.) flowers. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Macleay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayana) perching amid bottlebrush (Callistemon sp.) flowers. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), (a member of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae), hovering to sip from orange flowers, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), (a member of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae), hovering to sip nectar from orange flowers Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (a member of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae) sipping nectar from orange flowers, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) (a member of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae) perched amid orange flowers Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Crested Pigeons (Ocyphaps / Geophaps lophotes) pair, with one preening its mate as part of courtship. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Marie Read / Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps / Geophaps lophotes) perching. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia, October.

Jouan & Rius / Millaa Millaa Falls, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Theo Allofs / Boyd's Forest Dragon (Hypsilurus boydii) portrait, Atherton Tableland, Australia

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male in courtship display, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. Sequence 3 of 3

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male in courtship display, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. Sequence 2 of 3

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male in courtship display, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. Sequence 1 of 3

Martin Willis / Green Ringtail Possum (Pseudochirops archeri), Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Sean Crane / Green Ringtail Possum (Pseudochirops archeri), Youngaburra, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Sean Crane / Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta), Youngaburra, Queensland, Australia

Sean Crane / Four O'clock Moth (Dysphania fenestrata) caterpillar on a leaf, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) male at bower decorated with lichen and flowers, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) male, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower with lichen decoration, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) chick feeding in leaf litter, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) chick sheltering in tree, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) three-day old chick after hatching underground and digging a chamber rests before heading to surface, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) male arranging leaves on incubation mound, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) male excavating hole to thermoregulate incubation mound, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) male in tree, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) male in tree, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) male sunbathing, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) held by Dr Karen Coombes from Tree Roo Rescue and Conservation Centre, Atherton Tableland area, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) roadkill prevention sign, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) roadkill prevention sign, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) male near base of Queensland Silver Ash (Flindersia bourjotiana), Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) near base of Queensland Silver Ash (Flindersia bourjotiana), Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) walking along branch in Queensland Silver Ash (Flindersia bourjatiana), Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) climbing in Queensland Silver Ash (Flindersia bourjatiana) showing adaptive foot, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) male using tail as counterbalance, in Queensland Silver Ash (Flindersia bourjatiana), Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi), male resting in Queensland Silver Ash (Flindersia bourjatiana), Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia,

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) male foraging, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia