The Mercury's long-time wildlife photographer Jim Thomson has just returned from a three month trip to central Australia, Kakadu and North Queensland.
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Jim sent us regular updates and columns along the way, but as you would expect from an internationally renowned photographer, he returned with thousands of images.
Clearly we couldn't run them all, which meant there would be many that might never see light of day.
So we set Jim a challenge: pick out your favourites and tell us why you like them.
It took him a few days, but here we go.
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