A Tasmanian photographer has won a major national environmental award worth over $10,000 for his photography of Platypus in the Hobart Rivulet.
Pete Walsh competed against two other finalists, NSW’s Miimi Aboriginal Organisation and Yarra Valley ECOSS, to win the Canon Oceania Grants program’s land environmental category.
The winning project, ‘Hobart Rivulet Platypus,’ highlights the challenges the creatures face, including pollution and food scarcity.
Walsh is dedicated to both protecting and raising awareness of platypuses in the city’s waterways.
He will further this mission with his upcoming project, ‘Becoming Platypus,’ which will focus on two adult females and their offspring in Hobart waters.
Pete aims to inspire the Tasmanian community to join efforts to save the platypus population from threats.
The full list of award winners is expected to be announced later today.
