Hi all,
The site for photos of....just about anything Australian is:
http://www.antphoto.com.au/main/
Its a photo libary with the images for sale..but you can browse and look.
As for influences....I was taught the basics of Herp photography by Ray Hoser (his site is www.smuggled.com.au) since then I have developed my own style but are influenced especially to the images taken by Steve Wilson, Rob Valentic, Ken Griffiths, John Cann and Gunther Schmida.
Ken has written a great little book called Nature Photography that is availible from a number of places, one that comes to mind is Andrew Isles Nature Books (www.andrewisles.com.au) for about $15.00 Au.
Regards,
Scott Eipper