1. By far our most visited and shared reader photo of 2015 was this curious Quokka and her tiny joey checking out photographer Jeanne’s camera gear on Rottnest Island, Western Australia.

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2. An aurora, coupled with a rising full moon, made for some dramatic backlighting of Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain.

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3. A female red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) sits munching on cedar tree seeds in Queensland.

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4. A male splendid fairy-wren (Malurus splendens) in electric shades of violet-blue, turquoise and pale-blue.

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5. A male crimson chat (Epthianura tricolor) surveys the area around his nesting site.

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6. Despite windy conditions, Nick Bayliss was able to capture a moment ‘frozen’ in time.

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7. A silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) contemplates the next tasty morsel on this budding blackberry bush in the Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT.

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8. This eastern ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) was spotted foraging in the grasses for some breakfast in Jervis Bay National Park, NSW.

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9. North Brother Mountain on the mid-north coast, NSW, is bathed in dappled sunshine breaking through the rain clouds.

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10. The first rays of a new day bath the valley below the summit of Mt Warning in a golden glow.

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11. AG reader Ryan Francis came across this endangered crayfish species (Euastacus fleckeri) on a trip to the tropics of Mount Lewis, QLD.

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12. Jannico is an amateur wildlife photographer with a keen interest in reptiles and amphibians. He photographed this frill-necked lizard in ‘deimatic’ display in Darwin, NT.

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13. Pictured is one of five wedge-tailed eagles spotted by reader Scott Turner during an early morning photography session.

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14. Early morning sun bursts from behind the Cathedral Rocks near Kiama, on the NSW coast.

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15. This python wasn’t too happy about being disturbed – which worked in the favour of the budding photographer who captured this striking image.

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