A picture is a tangible and often moving reminder of times past. Because we cannot see and do everything we would like to on this earth, a picture can also be an assurance that other things and places, particularly about nature, do exist. We feel they are being well looked after so others and future generations will also be entertained, excited and continue to be moved to conserve them.

Queensland’s nature in pictures Images here represent but a brief cross-section of Queensland’s many hundreds of habitats and thousands of wildlife species. They are a reminder how well Queensland is endowed with nature in its many forms. Gaze upon dense rainforest and grassy plains, coral reefs and rocky headlands, placid lakes and tumbling waterfalls, rugged granite outcrops and painted sandstone cliffs, an historic fort and broad, sandy beaches, decorated limestone caves and a palm-fringed oasis.

Created with the cooperation of Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Marvel at the furry sugar glider and yellow-footed rock wallaby, the bilby of the western desert, the orange-thighed green frog, the helmeted cassowary and the humpback whale, ‘captured’ only by camera.
 
These precious landscapes and wildlife are in the care and management of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
 
On behalf of the Queensland Government and Queenslanders generally, the Service is custodian for all native plants and animals and a range of protected areas including national parks and reserves such as marine parks.
The Service is required by law for example to manage a national park to provide to the greatest possible extent for the permanent preservation of the area’s natural condition.

While protecting the area’s cultural resources and values, the Service is also obliged to present these. The community can visit national parks and see the scenes and wildlife presented here in the knowledge their future is assured.
 
Included in the full version of the screen saver are 4 ambient musical compositions. (The software only version is also available on a professionally produced CD-ROM for US$19.95).
 
Designed specifically for Windows 95, 98, NT4 and 2000, and powered by a first-rate 32-bit screen saver engine, the screen saver contains many user customisable options. You can use the built in Windows password protection to stop the de-activation of the screen saver. Adjust the delay time between displaying images. Select any or all of the numerous transition effects. Change the caption location or font style of the caption, or remove the captions altogether. You can make use of the Microsoft Plus! support which enables you to display the screen saver immediately, or prevent it from appearing at all, by moving the mouse pointer to a selected corner of the screen. Most importantly, the screen saver contains images that can be displayed at their original size (900x600 resolution) or stretched to full screen, and all of the photo scans have been carefully adjusted for best viewing even on average monitors.