THE DAINTREE
It is home to a quarter of
Australia’s frogs.
A third of the country’s Freshwater fish
Nearly half of
Australia’s birds and
Over 3000 plants species.
The idiot fruit is a rare and primitive flowering plant
lived when dinosaurs roamed the earth
It was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in 1971.
The Daintree has about 120
days of rain per year.
It has an average of 2013 mm
falling per year.
The Daintree rainforest originated It was named after an Australian more than 135 million
geologists and photographer years ago
Richard Daintree
The Daintree Rainforest covers an area
Of 1200 square kilometres.
Did you know that this Rainforest Covers?
0.2% of Australia?
The climate of the Daintree Rainforest is a tropical climate.
The weather is very, very warm, humid and damp.
The Rainforest has survived:
Volcanos, Rising Sea Levels,
Glaciers, Earth Movements and Cyclonic Winds.
It was discovered by The Kuku Yalanji people in the 1770's.
This Rainforest was created a National Park in the 1967's
Which makes the rainforest protected.
Port Douglas is where the Daintree rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef.
Thornton peak is the highest point in the Daintree rainforest
Which rises to a height of 1374 m.
The Daintree rainforest is located on the north east coast of Queensland.
The Daintree rainforest is within
The local government area of shire of Douglas,
It was within the cairns region.
It is a great tourist destination,
attracts more than 400,000 visitors annually
From around the world and within Australia.