2026 Calendar Winners - Upper Community Enterprise

My Upper Yarra 2026 Community Calendar Competition – Celebrating Your Community

The winning cover photo is Eastern Spinebill, My Birding Spark by Finn Saurine. His stunning image will grace the cover of the 2026 Community Bank Calendar.

Congratulations also to the 12 winners featured in our Winners Gallery, whose photos will appear throughout the calendar.

This year we were delighted to receive 95 submissions—our biggest yet! Among them were 20 stunning entries from talented photographers under 18. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared their work and helped celebrate the beauty of our local community.

More about the initiative

Winner - Eastern Spinebill, My Birding Spark by Finn Saurine

Winners Gallery

Judges’ Choice

Peoples’ Choice

Highly Commended

Community Bank Staff Choice

The Honour Roll

Judges’ Choice	Winner – $500	Eastern Spinebill, My Birding Spark – Finn Saurine
	Runner Up – $250	Ripple Effect – Cat McKay
	U18 Winner – $250	Skatepark Reflections – Matis Heenan
	U18 Runner Up – $150	The Tree House – Bella-Kay Streeter
Peoples’ Choice (voted by the public)	First – $300	Family of Four – Gemma Dearden
	Second – $200	The Yarra Valley Mountains – Blake Thomson
	Third – $100	Strawberry fields below the mountains – Rhyley Armstrong
Highly Commended (combination of judges’ and public voting)	Highly Commended – $100	Red Spotted Jezabel – Lucy Genat
	Highly Commended – $100	Upper Yarra Reservoir – Fiona Kirwan
	Highly Commended – $100	Laughing Kookaburra – Pearl Saurine
Community Bank Staff Choice	Winner – $150	Hoo – Heather Walker
	Runner Up – $100	A Tiny Fellowship – Rowan George