2025 Photo Competition - NOW OPEN

Whether you're a keen amateur, a professional, or simply love taking photos on your phone, we invite you to get creative and showcase the beauty of the natural world around you. Explore grassy white box woodlands, rivers, billabongs, bush tracks, parks—or even your own backyard—and show us what biodiversity looks like to you. 

Theme

  • Biodiversity

📅 Key Dates

  • Entries Open: Friday, 17 May 2025
  • Entries Close: Friday, 28 June 2025
  • Winners Announced: During Landcare Week in August 2025
  • Projection of Entries: All accepted photos will be publicly projected in Fitzroy Street Plaza during Landcare Week.

🏆 Categories & Prizes

  • Open Category (all ages):
    🥇 First Prize: $300 Bay Park Photos voucher
    🎁 Additional prizes: Gift vouchers from the TRLA nursery
  • Junior Category (14 years and under):
    🎁 Exciting prizes to encourage our young photographers

💲 Entry Fee

  • $5 per entry form (up to 5 photos per form)
  • TRLA Members enter for FREE

🔗 How to Enter

  • Complete the online entry form via Jotform (link will be provided on our flyer and website)
  • Upload your photos with titles and short descriptions
  • Make your payment or enter your membership details

Photo Guidelines

  • Images can be taken on a camera or smartphone
  • Please upload high-quality images (at least 1 MB file size preferred)
  • Name each photo clearly (e.g., Sunset_on_Peel_River.jpg)

🔒 Terms & Conditions

  • By entering, you agree that TRLA may use your image (with credit) for future Landcare promotions, social media, and education
  • Copyright remains with the photographer

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For inspiration check out last years photo entries here


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