“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia.

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearing Contractors for Neville Clarke, NJ & VI Clarke Shearing

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearer Jason Bullock

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearing Contractors for Neville Clarke, NJ & VI Clarke Shearing

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearing Contractors for Neville Clarke, NJ & VI Clarke Shearing. Stephen Hean pressing the wool into bales

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Johnny Bruce 88years old who worked on the station as a stockman Has been working with sheep since 1943

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearing Contractors for Neville Clarke, NJ & VI Clarke Shearing

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearing Contractor Neville Clarke who has been shearing at the station for 41 years

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Smoko for the Shearers

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia.

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. George (Ed) Edward Hawker and son Tanner in the shearing shed

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. pictured is Sal & George Hawker

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearer Brian Lea (71) shearing

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Artistic Blacksmiths Association of SA pictured is Geoff Barnes

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia.

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. The Public at the Station Open Day

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearing Contractors for Neville Clarke, NJ & VI Clarke Shearing

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Artistic Blacksmiths Association of SA Chris Fuller working on a new Farm Gate for the Homestead

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia.

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Hawker Family Church and Graveyard on the station. The church is not owned by the family any more

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia.

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Shearing Contractors for Neville Clarke, NJ & VI Clarke Shearing, shearers sheepskin shoes

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia.

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. Artistic Blacksmiths Association of SA

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia.

“CLICK GO THE SHEARS – FOR 175 YEARS” EVENT at Bungaree Station, South Australia. pictured is Sal & George Hawker

Scrub Python (file shot, copyright Russell Shakespeare/Australia Zoo)

Palm Cockatoo, (file shot, copyright Russell Shakespeare/Australia Zoo)

Dr Ross Dywer Post Doctoral Research Associate Uni of Qld, Pulling up passive acoustic receiver to download the presence of tagged crocodiles from the past 12 months.Dr Hamish Campbell Research Associate Uni of Qld checking results on laptop

Black Headed Python, (file shot, copyright Russell Shakespeare/Australia Zoo)

Stones Crossing , which is also the entrance to The Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve

Vegetation along the Wenlock River. Corypha Palm. Only Flower once then they do(approx 40-50 years)

CRocodile Team all helping to pull the 15.5foot crocodile (in the floating trap onto land)

The Capture and release of Jurgen the Crocodile, who was originally captured in 2012

Blue Moon over Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, 2012, (file shot, copyright Russell Shakespeare/Australia Zoo)

Brahminy Kite, (file shot, copyright Russell Shakespeare/Australia Zoo)

Wenlock River "The Meeting Place"

Terri Irwin, Crocodile capture

Detail of Crocodile Nuchal Shield (neck)

Crocodile Teeth

Crocodile in Trap

Bluebottle Springs

Scorpion

Green Ants

"The Meeting Pace" Wenlock River

Yellow Spotted Monitor Varanus panoptes, (file shot, copyright Russell Shakespeare/Australia Zoo)

Phd student Sabrina Nolan in the Insectory Lab at Institute for Molecular BioscienceThe University of Queensland.This is a Sydney funnel web spider" Clementine" in the process of being milked for Venom.A Papette is used to provoke the spider to strike which causes the venom, which is then extracted via the papette.Photography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Christina Zdenek, a postdoctoral research fellow at Gehrman Labs University of Qld. This is the "DEWAR" Cryogenic Sample Storage where Plasma samples are stored at -180 degrees CelciusPhotography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Christina Zdenek, a postdoctoral research fellow at Gehrman Labs University of Qld.Christina is photographed at home in Brisbane where she keeps some of Australias' most venomous snakes stored in her garage. Christina is milking a Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus Scutellatus) for it's venom.Her Husband Chris Hay helps hold the snake.Photography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Christina Zdenek, a postdoctoral research fellow at Gehrman Labs University of Qld.Christina is photographed at home in Brisbane where she keeps some of Australias' most venomous snakes stored in her garage. Christina is milking a Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus Scutellatus) for it's venom.Photography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Dr Glenn King in the Insectory Lab at Institute for Molecular BioscienceThe University of Queensland.This is a Funnel-web spider " Frida" from Tasmania.Photography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Dr Glenn King in the Insectory Lab at Institute for Molecular BioscienceThe University of Queensland.Photography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Irina Vetter at Institute for Molecular BioscienceThe University of Queensland.Pictured with a patch pipette, the cells are impales to measure the ion flux caused by venoms.Photography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Irina Vetter in the Marine Aquarium , checking water quality at Institute for Molecular BioscienceThe University of Queensland.Photography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Post Doctorate Researcher Himaya Siddhihalu viewing the Marine Cone Snail in the Marine Aquarium , at Institute for Molecular BioscienceThe University of Queensland.Photography : Russell Shakespeare for Australian Geographic Magazine

Christina Zdenek, a postdoctoral research fellow at Gehrman Labs University of Qld.Christina is photographed at home in Brisbane where she keeps some of Australias' most venomous snakes stored in her garage. Christina is moving a Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus Scutellatus) into the green bin so that she can safely clean the snakes den.Photography : Russell Shakespeare