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Is it a fish? Is it a slug? Is it a fishy anemone? I do not have a clue what this is!

It is about 30mm long and there were a few of them in the sand - outgoing tide nearly on the turn. Most were buried and only the "fan fin" was showing.

Resting on the wet sand, when the sand collapsed it arched it's face upwards (2nd and third photos) and seem to spawn capsule from somewhere - there are 2 floating in the 4th pic.

Totally hypnotic, by the time my sister-in-law and I carried on the brother had walked 2kms away from us!

David vs. goliath: This was quite a scene. The Pheidole major attacked the scorpion (size 25mm without tail - around 50mm with tail) and bit down onto one of its pincers. This caused the scorpion much distress - however it then proceeded to inject the major with venom. When a second pheidole (worker) attached itself to the scorpion it ran off. I lost track of the major which had detached itself so I am not sure if the envenomation was successful.

In the peak of the top end dry season. A mantis crashed into the spotlight of my parked vehicle and fell on the ground, stunned. The katydid immediately arrived and began eating it. This is a dried up creek bed and the nearby vegetation is extremely dry - perhaps the katydid desperately needed the moisture. Bowerbird.org.au sighting being moved to iNaturalist as the former website is shutting down.

The moths shown here have been overwintering since at least October 4th (those with a red mark below them) and a few days later on the ones with a black mark below).

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61666045

determination not 100% safe, but with the help of a spider expert, who also knows the area, we agreed on that it is quite likely this species.

The wasp came into the department through the open terrace door. Don't know if the spider was caught inside or brought there.
Luckily I had my camera with me that day and the wasp was so busy that it was just ignoring me

The pompilid wasp is in this observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12946827