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Enter the Nature in Focus Photography Competition 2025

Do you have a passion for photography and a love for nature? Conservation Volunteers Australia is thrilled to bring back the Nature in Focus Photography Competition for 2025!

This is your chance to showcase the beauty of Australia’s biodiversity, landscapes, and conservation efforts – and be in the running to win a share in nearly $8,000 in prizes.

Reasons to Enter

Nature in Focus isn’t just about taking stunning photos — it’s about telling the stories of our wild places, native species, and the people protecting them. From a kangaroo in your local park to an early morning coastline, every photo has the power to inspire.

This photo contest is open to all Australian residents. There are categories for adults and juniors, and you don’t need to be a professional photographer to submit an entry.

What You Could Win: Prizes and Awards

With nearly $8,000 worth of prizes up for grabs across multiple age groups and camera types, there’s a category for everyone — whether you’re a professional photographer or just starting out with your smartphone.

With divisions for kids, teens, smartphone users, and professionals, anyone can participate!

How to enter the Nature in Focus Photography Competition in 2025

You can find all the relevant details about submission guidelines, categories, judging criteria, and more about the awards and prizes in our blog about the Return of the ‘Nature in Focus’ Photography Competition.

Entries close on 26 September 2025!

So get your DSLR camera or your smartphone out and snap some photos of biodiversity, sustainability in action, and species or habitats in your community or city.

Here are some images from last year’s Nature in Focus photographic competition, which will hopefully inspire you to enter.

 

Join a CVA Volunteering Event and Get Inspired

If you’re looking for inspiration of plants, animals, landscapes and sustainability initiatives to take photos of for your entry into the Nature in Focus contest, then you may want to consider signing up to be a CVA volunteer.

Our volunteering events are organised across Australia and aim to build back biodiversity and restore nature.

Attend these upcoming volunteer events located across Australia:

Northwall Beach Clean Up (Mackay, Queensland)

Date: 10th August 2025

Time: 3:00pm

About: Together we will clean up Lambert’s Beach and do our part for ocean health. Enjoy getting out in nature, and meeting likeminded people while we tackle ocean litter in the region.

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Hawthorne Habitat Revival, Hawthorne Reserve (Sydney, NSW)

Date: 12th August 2025

Time: 9:00AM

About: Join us at Hawthorne Reserve in Ramsgate for a day of habitat revival! Prepare to roll up your sleeves, and be part of something impactful. Learn about local flora and fauna and the importance of safeguarding urban biodiversity.

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Rare & threatened species Planting Event, Barker Inlet Wetlands (Adelaide, South Australia)

Date: 22nd August 2025

Time: 10.00AM

About: CVA, Green Adelaide, and the Port Adelaide Enfield Council welcome you to Barker Inlet Wetlands for a very special planting event – reintroducing rare and threatened species to the site. This is a really exciting opportunity to come along and experience a special part of the wetlands that is closed to the public due to its conservation value.

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National Science Week celebration at Bibra Lake, Bibra Lake – The Wetlands Centre Cockburn (Western Australia)

Date: 23rd August 2025

Time: 9:20am

About: Join us at Bibra Lake for a Bioblitz to celebrate Science Week 2025! Get ready for an exciting day of discovery as we record the incredible species that call Bibra Lake reserve home. You’ll learn how to use the iNaturalist app, a powerful citizen science tool that lets you capture and share your wildlife sightings. Every observation you make will be uploaded to the Atlas of Living Australia, helping ecologists and zoologists with real research. After the BioBlitz, roll up your sleeves and get involved in hands-on bush regeneration activities to help protect and preserve these important bushland ecosystems. Plus, enjoy a light morning tea while connecting with fellow nature lovers.

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