Can find no reference for it anywhere though it closely resembles Ganoderma lucidum.
The problem with that is that Ganoderma is native to North America
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Hi
Love it, an amazing find.
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I can find no image anywhere on line that is comparable to this “Fried Egg” mushroom.
Is that the top or the underneath ?
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Yes, it’s a bracket fungus isn’t it. We have the beefsteak fungus here in the UK which is edible…
I doesn’t taste anything like beef, supposedly rather bitter although I’ve never tried it.
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I’d rather eat the tree 
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Or you could just hug it like most people Spitty 
And all the world is biscuit shaped
It’s just for me to feed my face
And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste 
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That is the top.
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No idea what it is. I can not find a similar picture on the net, at all.
It’s probably as safe eating that as the stuff they sell in supermarkets now.
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I’d rather eat the tree too…yuck.
Aha. I think you’ve found the perfect compromise for those who believe the earth is a sphere (well, ish) , and flat earthers. The earth is Oreo shaped.
Who cares Dex, there ain’t no bucket list.
Not since the “Reach and Wash” 
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I received a reply from fungimap.org.au
I believe that your fungus is the polypore Trametes coccinea (Southern Cinnabar polypore).
I have seen specimens with a white area around where it initially emerges from the dead wood it lives on but I can’t say why it happens.
Maybe ageing. I have also seen white stripes on the top surface as well.
I have searched all the online pictures, none match my stunning “Fried Egg” mushie.
Bret, are you tempted to “Pick It”?
No, I would never pick any Mushrooms. Leave them be.
As I let these ones be.
I found these one at Goblin Swamp, Carey Brook, Hawke National Park.
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They are beautiful … almost natural works of art.
Puffball mushrooms are weird things … until you tread on one yourself you wouldn’t believe the gigantic cloud of spores that waft up and engulf you.
As nobody else has bothered, I suppose I’ll have to do the honours….
They’re fungi’s to be with, and don’t take up mushroom.
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To my shame, I admit … I had to think about that. 