Some of the beautiful colours of the Christmas Island Marine Park. 💛🧡💜💚🤍 📸 Yellow boxfish (𝑂𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑠) 📸 Goldbelly damsel (𝑃𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠) 📸 Pink anemone (𝐴𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑜𝑛) - Max Orchard

How beautiful is the Phillip Island Hibiscus (𝐻𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠) at Norfolk Island National Park? We can't decide which colour we like best - let us know your favourite below. 👇 #SeeNorfolk #NorfolkIslandNationalPark

Our marine parks don’t only offer incredible views under the water 🌅... 📹 Rachel Garcia - @ausmarineparks #AusMarineParks #Sunset #ParksAustralia

The first Indigenous-led Research Strategy has launched — setting a course for 10 years of two-way science in collaboration with Bininj/Mungguy Traditional Owners. Guiding research. Protecting Country. Empowering community. #Kakadu #IndigenousScience https://t.co/qalZWwlXNw

Whale watching season has begun at Booderee National Park! 🐋🐳 Through early June to early July, Humpback whales and Southern right whales will be completing their northern migration through Booderee waters. 📸 @mareeclout

The government is now operating in accordance with the Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election. Learn more at https://t.co/D7EaY1dldX

Today we welcome your input on the future management of Australia's two newest marine parks - Christmas Island Marine Park and Cocos (Keeling) Marine Park 🤝. To Have Your Say on the draft management plans, visit https://t.co/Ks78CmhLvf by September 19.

What's your favourite fact about the Potato Cod (Epinephelus tukula)? 🥔🐟 1️⃣ They weigh up to 100kg 😮 2️⃣ They live for up to 40 years ⌛ 3️⃣ They grow up to 2m in length 📏 Have the @ausmarineparks missed any? Tell us more about this amazing species ✨. 📸 Cathy Zwick

Tell us which facts about the Giant Cuttlefish don't belong? 🤔 A) They're social creatures, often following divers around 👀 B) They measure up to 5m in length when fully grown 😮 C) They have 3 hearts and blue blood 🤨 @ausmarineparks 📸 David Harasti & Erik Schlogl

Ready or not, here we come! 😜 This July, the megafauna are playing hide and seek! Visit the Australian National Botanic Gardens during July and see how many you can find. Can you tell where they are? 👀 📹 @anbg #ANBGMEGAfauna #ANBG #AustralianNationalBotanicGardens

Highlights from a voyage earlier this year into Coral Sea Marine Park in partnership with @jcu. Dive surveys, island health checks and more were completed, providing valuable information for the continued health of the Coral Sea Marine Park 📝✨. 📸 @jcu & @parks_australia

The first of 17 successful IOT Marine Park grants has now been completed on Christmas Island! 🏝️ Artist 🎨 Gavi Libotte chose the Christmas Island Frigatebird in this mural due to the ecological connections it has with the Marine Park, which provides its feeding habitat.

Happy international whale shark day. 🐳🦈 The whale shark (Rhincondon typus) is the largest fish in our oceans with the biggest recorded individual measuring 18.8m! 😮 We are lucky to see whale sharks in a lot of our marine park networks. 📸 Credit: Wondrous World Images

#MarineMonday is back everybody! ✨ This intriguing looking creature is known as the Balmain Bug (Ibacus peronii). You'll be able to spot these creatures in our South-west marine park network. Follow @ausmarineparks for more. 📸 Credit: jennlavers

Applications are now open for Our Marine Parks Grants round four. Grant funding of up to $8.6 million is available for individual projects from $30,000 to $500,000. Applications close Wednesday 27 September 2023. Find out more and apply: https://t.co/IbHHRcLTAE

We’re excited to be part of a #EurekaPrizes finalist team! The mountaintops of Queensland's wet tropics are havens for unique plants. The #TroMPS collaboration led by @JCU aims to secure their future in a changing climate.

What do you call two kangaroos living together? Roo-mates 👀🦘 #MacropodMonday is back at Booderee National Park! ✨. Captured some of your own images/videos 📸📽️ around Booderee? Drop them in the comments or use the #MacropodMonday to share with us. 📸 Credit: Jon Harris

An aerial battle between a white-bellied sea eagle and a juvenile sea eagle🦅 was recently spotted at Booderee National Park 👀😮. Thanks to Daniela Angel who spotted this incredible scene while walking 🚶‍♀️ along Murray's trail. 📸 Credit: Daniela Angel

Would you have ever guessed that this flower belongs to the Norfolk Island Palm (Rhopalostylis baueri)? Each of these white flowers will transform into ripe red fruit, which is a favourite food of the Green Parrot. Spotted by Norfolk Island National Park manager Nigel Greenup.

A little cold weather at the Australian National Botanic Gardens @ANBG doesn’t stop Grevillea lanigera from putting on a show! Also known as ‘Woolly Grevillea’, this hardy native sports fine hairs on its leaves and branchlets. Flowering now in the Rock Garden.