Julia Sumerling
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Julia Sumerling
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Dream with your eyes wide open.

Natural history filmmaker, Queensland, Australia. Specialising below the waves, shipwrecks and tropical rainforests. Website : https://juliasumerling.com
Visiting the Amorphophallus forest in Steve Jackson’s backyard, I am delighted to capture at least four different phases of its lifecycle in one image. It was hard to get them all in together, including a 3m high leaf phase in the background.

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#amorphophallus
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
September 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A first hybrid, from the rare Amorphophallus dracontioides and Amorphophallus aphyllus.
Standing 35cm from soil to top of the hooded spath, it looked like it was straight out of a modern Sci-fi.

🐉💚🌱

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#amorphophallus #farnorthqueensland
August 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
From this world leaves one of the greatest photographers who has ever walked this earth, Sebastião Salgado.

Rest well 🤍🕊️

#sebastiāoselgado
May 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s been a year today since I went on what I can only describe as a wild goose chase, chasing Auroras in Far North Queensland. It is hard to believe but I managed to capture it only 16° South of the equator. Setting the record for the furthest north Aurora capture in the Southern Hemisphere
May 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Amazing spontaneous morning out with some cane farmers and Bray looking for some big reptiles 🐊 in some wild country. What a bunch of legends! I never imagined this is what I would be doing today. Absolutely priceless 🤣

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#crocodile #farnorthqueensland #queensland
April 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Peek-a-boo 🧜🏻‍♂️

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#pygmyseahorse #greatbarrierreef #underwater
February 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The deep holds such wonders and beauty. A living art gallery that so few ever get to see. I often think about, while I am here, “What is this design for? Why so much beauty here?” If only Van Gogh could have seen this.

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#underwaterphotography #underwater #ocean #greatbarrierreef
January 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Dwarf minke whale engaged in serious people watching 🤣🐳

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Don’t forget to check out my website, if you haven’t yet
juliasumerling.com 💙🙏

#underwaterphotography
#whale #photography #underwater #ocean #queensland
January 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Winged giant of the rainforest, the hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules).
Sex: female
Wingspan: 27cm’s
Surface Area Size: 300 square centimetres
Visual reference: dinner plate

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#herculesmoth #farnorthqueensland
January 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Carpeted in green

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#farnorthqueensland #forestbathing
January 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In the centre of the forest, on a hot summers afternoon, with nothing but trees for miles and miles.
Paradise on earth 🌏 💚

#farnorthqueensland #forestbathing

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January 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Quality forest time from today 💚💫
January 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
January 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
January 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM