There are two primary plants that are best to avoid in the rainforest. The Wait-A-While vine is a spiky plant that is so sharp it can cut you through clothing. There is also the stinging tree filled with tiny, unseen pricks that can cause an itch. A significant amount of rain falls in the Daintree Rainforest to sustain the natural habitat. The average annual rainfall in the Daintree rainforest is approximately mm 79in per year. Some areas have even recorded up to mm in in a single year.
The wet seasons is between December and March. The mangrove system of forests that ring the mouths of creeks and rivers in the Daintree is a wonderful fish nursery that plays a particular importance in the ecology of the area. Mangroves are vital for many young fish species that migrate to the Great Barrier Reef later in life.
They also hold the highest species diversity for this type of habitat anywhere in Australia. Anyone who visits the Daintree Rainforest is bound to stumble across some form of unique Australian wildlife whether it is our world famous cassowary, mammals, colourful birds, scaly reptiles and snakes, frogs or invertebrates.
These magnificent creatures are large flightless birds. Fully grown female cassowaries can stand at 1. Mature males are much smaller at 1. See our Wild Cassowaries page for more information about these amazing creatures.
Birds — The greatest concentration o of Birds in Australia can be found in the Daintree. Invertebrates — A huge range of rare and common insect life can be found amongst the foliage in the Daintree Rainforest.
Reptiles — The range of reptiles in the Daintree is extensive and varied. With slender goannas, lizards without legs, tiny skinks and two types of crocodiles just to name a few, you never know what kind of weird and wonderful reptile you could find with reptile species found in this habitat.
Snakes — Both venomous and non-venomous varieties of snakes can be found in the Daintree. Any visitors should always be careful when viewing snakes out in the wild. The largest tree frog in the world — the giant White-lipped Tree Frog, is a common find in the Daintree rainforest. The Kuku Yalanji people thrived for thousands of years in the Daintree Rainforest by hunting and gathering food.
The Kuku Yalanji people also took advantage of the range of insects found in the rainforest for medicinal purposes. It is a place of wonder the entire family will enjoy visiting. Our Daintree Rainforest cabins provide ideal family accommodation or for couples to relax after a long day exploring the amazing Daintree Rainforest.
It takes about 2 hours to drive from Cairns to the Daintree Rainforest along the scenic coastal roads of the Cook Highway. You can see evidence of the two World Heritage sites meeting as you wander along some of the local beaches at a low tide where fringing reef is exposed. A good example of this is at Coconut Beach pictured above. The reefs offshore Cape Tribulation mark the spot where Captain Cook crashed the Endeavour into the reef! Great Barrier Reef snorkeling tours are available from Cape Tribulation, ask about tour bookings at Heritage Lodge reception.
The Daintree Rainforest is at least million years old — possibly even as old as million years! There are also over 12, types of insects thriving in the Daintree Rainforest, and well over species of land snails.
View locality map here. The Daintree Rainforest is estimated to be about million years old making it the oldest forest in the world. In addition to being the oldest forest, the Daintree is also one of the largest continuous areas of rainforest in Australia — the Daintree Rainforest covers about square miles 1, square kilometers.
There are also over 1, species of insects living in Daintree Rainforest. Additionally, the Daintree Rainforest is a popular tourist attraction and receives about , visitors every year. The Daintree Rainforest is so old that it is home to 12 out of the 19 total primitive flowering plant families found on Earth. Your email address will not be published.
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The Australian state of Queensland announced on Wednesday that it has passed ownership of the Daintree rainforest back to its Indigenous caretakers, the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people. The forest is thought to be the world's oldest jungle and has been growing for some 10 million years. There will be a joint period of management before the full handover, she said.
Chrissy Grant, a representative for the Eastern Kuku Yalanji, said the deal involved four years of negotiations. The area in the northeastern region of the country comprises some , hectares , acres of land, which have been threatened by climate change and by logging, despite being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since the s.
Although the move is the first of its kind for Queensland, Daintree is just the first of four national parks set to be handed back to indigenous hands in an agreement with the state government signed on Wednesday. In other parts of Australia, such agreements have already been made. The world-famous Uluru national park in the country's Northern Territory, for example, has been back under the ownership of the Pitjantjatjara people since An area of untouched rainforest the size of the Netherlands was chopped down or burned last year.
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