Lisa Leach, Nature Essence (ANIMAL & NATURE 2025)

Four images chosen from a day at the bushland haven Healesville Sanctuary capturing the character and essence of the residents. The highly social and gregarious Pelicans wanting to show-off their style; The solitary, laid back koalas contemplating the day; kangaroos demonstrating their spontaneous and skittish disposition in one moment and shy and aloof the next and a mother proudly encouraging her joey to take a peak displaying the mobs strong family bonds.

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