Kangaroo-crossing sign and 60-km speed limit sign are posted on highway outside city of Brisbane Australia

Fitzroy Falls plummets 81m over escarpment in Southern Highlands of Great Dividing Range; (h) NSW Australia

Small river flows through lush woods at sunset below the Hampden Bridge in Kangaroo Valley, NSW. Australia

Car lights cut through the dusk on highway into agricultural town of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Australia

Two foresters and visitor look across Honeysuckle Range on windy summer day; Tumut District, NSW. Australia

Yugoslavian immigrant Zel Bodulovic poses in pine nursery in New South Wales, his adopted home. Australia

Greening Australia rep, Dick Green, sports classic Akubra hat & graying beard; New South Wales Australia

A hand grabs a fistful of Patterson's Curse (Echium plantagenum) -a weed reviled by farmers; NSW. Australia

Farmer drives all-terrain vehicle amid golden fields of stubble & red fallow land; Coolamon, NSW Australia

Farmer Jack Veitch surveys fields of alfalfa stubble on his farm in Coolamon, New South Wales. Australia

Farmer Jack Veitch (right) & Yugoslavian immigrant Zel Bodulovic swap jokes; Coolamon, NSW. Australia

Dog sticks close behind flock of sheep that he herds on a farm in Coolamon, New South Wales. Australia

Sheep file along in tight formation as they are herded on farm in Coolamon, New South Wales. Australia

Ears perked, wallaroo, or euro, looks into lens for a close head portrait; (h) Wagga Wagga, NSW. Australia

Smallest and furriest of the kangaroos, this wallaroo, or euro, sniffs up at lens; Wagga, NSW. Australia

Zoologist Frank Carrick & vetnry nurse Lynne Douglas fingerprint koala @ U of Queensland;Brisbane Australia

Biologists' hands surround year-old koala as it's fingerprinted @ Univrsity of Queensland;Brisbane Australia

Zoologist Frank Carrick shows curious koala its fingerprint at Univrsty of Queensland; Brisbane Australia

Koala's fingerprint cards reveal dots and lines that make each animal's hind paw print unique. Australia

Adult male koala peers out amid eucalyptus leaves in its cage at Univrsty of Queensland; Brisbane Australia

Orphaned 9-month-old koala rests chin in fork of tree in his cage @ Eprapah rehab center; Brisbane Australia

Orphaned 9-month-old koala peers into camera in close-up portrait @ Eprapah rehab cntr;(v)Brisbane Australia

Year-old koala gazes into camera as it is held by vet nurse at Univsty of Queensland; Brisbane. Australia

Year-old koala gazes about while held by vet nurse Lynne Douglas at Univ of Queensland; Brisbane. Australia

Black-and-white butterfly alights on flower to drink its nectar atop Mount Cootha in Brisbane. Australia

Geoff Lundie-Jenkins wears shades & hat when doing field work at mala reintro site; Tanami Desert Australia

Geoff Lundie-Jenkins holds mala's tail, releasing it into pen at Conserv Comm of NT; Alice Sprngs Australia

Tiny, naked joey suckles on teat inside pouch of a mala, or rufous hare-wallaby. Australia

Furry limbs of baby rufous hare-wallaby stick from mother's pouch as the pouch-bound joey suckles. Australia

Endangered female mala, or rufous hare-wallaby, pauses in morning sun;(h) Conserv Comm of NT/Alice Australia

Rabbit-eared bandicoot, or bilby, pauses nearby in its pen at the Conservation Commssn of NT/Alice Australia

Goanna lizard, nearly one meter long, patrols red sands outside its burrow in the Tanami Desert. Australia

Five budgerigar birds perch along branch as zebra finches sit in background; Tanami Desert Australia

Rain pours from Tanami Desert thunderheads as sun sets on horizon dotted by termite hills. Australia

Lightning strikes horizon as termite hills & spinifex grass soak up dusk's afterglow;Tanami Desrt Australia

Field assistant Dave Wurst enjoys sunrise with cup of coffee at research camp in Tanami Desert. Australia

Ayers Rock looms against deep blue sky amid red sands & desert vegetation of Uluru Natl Park. Australia

Tour bus drives along base of Ayers Rock on a summer afternoon at Uluru National Park. Australia

Jumble of red boulders and tree create design at base of Ayers Rock on summer day; Uluru NP. Australia

Moon rises over Ayers Rock as the sandstone monolith glows orange in desert's twilight; Uluru NP. Australia

Moon peeks above split end of Ayers Rock that Aborigines call the Digging Stick; Uluru Natl Park Australia

Sun rises at base of Ayers Rock amid clearing clouds of a summer morn; Uluru National Park. Australia

Green treetops contrast w/ red sandstone wall @ west end of Ayers Rock in Uluru National Park. Australia

Sheer cliffs resemble huge curtains of sandstone as they glow red in late afternoon sun;Ayers Rock Australia

Sheer sandstone wall and cave resemble elephant's head and eye in late afternoon sun;Ayers Rock Australia

Woman tops ridge on hike to summit of Ayers Rock (863 meters) on summer morn; Uluru Natl Park. Australia

The Olgas, cluster of dome mounts once one huge mass of rock, loom on horizon; Uluru Natl Park Australia

Towering walls of Mount Olga Gorge dwarf hikers as they emerge along trail; Uluru National Park Australia