One from this summer: a pair of flies (family Bibionidae) spotted mating in my garden. Quite a spectacular degree of sexual dimorphism - the female is the large colourful one with the small head, compared with the skinny male with the big head/eyes. Females can be quite conspicuous in the warmer months, flying slowly around lawns (the larvae feed on grass roots among other things). 
Triboniophorus graefii, a common native slug around Sydney; it extends north into southern Queensland and has some isolated populations here and there; for example it's famous at Mt Kaputar where it occurs in a pink form. Other forms are bright red, and a particularly beautiful form is mango yellow with a red triangle. Years ago, before I knew what it was, I found a yellow form in my garden and the memory of it has really stuck with me.
That darned rock again; Uluru at sunrise with spinifex seed-spikes in the foreground. Apologies for all the desert shots.
This is a weird bugger (I suspect it's in the insect order Neuroptera, thus being related to lacewings) also spotted on my desert trip. An owlfly perhaps? 
Okay, I know we've all seen photos of Uluru, and judging by the number of tourists present, half the world has watched it as the sun sets, bathing the rock in its golden glow, changing its colours etc. etc... However, I consider myself priveleged to have seen the full moon rise from behind the rock.
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