Photos by Kit Muma and Bruce Smith

Mark Harvey and Bruce look for water mites, Perth, Western Australia ("I don't see anything!")

Ian McLean and quokka friend, Rottnest Island, Western Australia ("Here quokka, quokka, quokka")

Galahs and spring wildflowers, Yanchep National Park, Western Australia

Greg Brown tracks snakes at Fogg Dam, Northern Territory while Bruce follows at a safe distance ("Are you sure these things aren't poisonous?")

Aboriginal paintings in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory.

Bruce netting water mites at Gunlom, Kakadu N.P., Northern Territory (Do you recognize the waterfall from the film"Crocodile Dundee"?)

Uluru at sunset, Northern Territory (Ayer's Rock - that's one big rock!)

Kit and Bruce under wave rock at Uluru after a sunrise hike around the base.

Giant cicada that flew into our cabin at Chambers Rainforest Lodge near Yungaburra (Atherton Tablelands, Queensland)

Heather Proctor, Dave Walter, Kit and Bruce outside cabin at Mt. Cainbable, Lamington National Park, Queensland. (A horse was heading for the camera just at this shot was taken)

Jessica, Andy and Bruce at lookout on southeast coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

Kit standing on the rim of the Kilauea caldera at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.