Simone Slater, It's minus 6, time to head to the Gardens! (ANIMAL & NATURE 2025)

Even in mid-winter there are gems to photograph at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. To get these images I was up and through the gates early hoping to capture the frost in the Banksia Garden. It's facinating to see how each different banksia develops it's own frosty pattern.

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.