The rainforests of northeastern Australia Photo Gallery by Stew Gitlin at pbase.com

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The rainforests of northeastern Australia

The Daintree Rainforest is a tropical rainforest region located on the north east coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Cairns. At around 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi), the Daintree Rainforest is the largest continuous area of tropical rainforest on the Australian continent. Along the coastline north of the Daintree River, tropical rainforest grows right down to the edge of the sea

This rainforest is one of the oldest on earth, dating back around 100 million years. The very first species of flowering plants bloomed here while dinosaurs were still alive.

The coastline in front of our hotel in Palm Cove, a little north of Cairns	Double Island off the Palm Cove coast		The rainforest at Mossman Gorge
'Skip', our indigenous guide, performing a smoke ritual to keep us safe while in the park
	Local inhabitants building little stone piles have become a visitor attraction along a section of the Queensland coastline	A sheet waterfall at the pool at our Palm Cove hotel
		A river cruise on the Daintree River, and lo and behold, it rained in the rainforest	Six crocodile hatchlings
A Great-billed Heron	Sugarcane fields - this area of Queensland is one of the largest producers of sugarcane in Australia	This was in front of our hotel - we stayed out of the water	The water was very rough while we were there, much more so than usual
I guess they don't want people walking faster than 25 kph

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