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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... (the world’s largest rainforest and top region for ... The Daintree Rainforest contains approximately 3,000 different plant ...
The most spectacular and oldest part of the Daintree Rainforest is north of the Daintree River. After crossing the river on an old fashioned cable ferry there is a range of boardwalks and untouched beaches to explore, and the endangered cassowary can be encountered anywhere. Daintree National Park is valued because of its exceptional ...
In an effort to preserve the Daintree Rainforest north of the Daintree River it was decided by the Government of Queensland in 1993 to halt the spread of the electricity network north of that point, providing a limit to tourist development. [12] Protected areas include the following:
The Daintree River is a river that rises in the Daintree Rainforest near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland, Australia. The river is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Cairns in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Wet Tropics of Queensland. The area is now primarily a tourist attraction.
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The reserve contains remnant lowland rainforest (mesophyll vine forest) dominated by the fan palm (Licuala ramsayi).As well as many other plants of conservation significance it, and adjoining uncleared areas, also protect the habitat of threatened rainforest animals such as the southern cassowary, striped possum and Bennett's tree-kangaroo.
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Daintree, Queensland, town; Daintree River, flows into the Pacific Ocean south of Cape Tribulation; Daintree Rainforest, nominated for World Heritage listing in 1988; Daintree National Park, containing part of the Daintree Rainforest; Daintree Reef, off the coast from the Daintree Rainforest