The Daintree Rainforest
By Amie and Amy
| The Daintree is a rainforest in the
wet tropical area of North Queensland, just north of
Cairns. Most of the national park is covered by dense
tropical rainforest. There are over 35,000 species of
orchids. There are walking tracks all over the park. Animal Species The Daintree has many animal species which include: Cassowarys, McLeays Honeyeater, Little Kingfishers (Australia's smallest Kingfisher) Red-eyed frogs, Dragonflies, Butterflies, Boyds Forest Dragon, Spiders, Bennett's tree kangaroo, Giant atlas moths and a lot more! How Big is it? The Daintree covers over 3000 square kilometers. |
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History The Daintree was formed about 250 million years ago by a blurt of mixed mud, silt, sand and gravel. At the beginning, the Daintree was covered by sea, but as the years have gone over millions of years, the sea has disappeared and uncovered a rainforest. In 1988 the Daintree or wet tropics became the 8th Australian property to be listed by the World Heritage Trust. |
| Beaches in the Daintree The weather in the Daintree can be very humid and rain at the same time! Half of the Daintree is surrounded by beach. This is a picture of one of the beaches surrounding the Daintree. |
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This is a map of Australia showing where the Daintree rainforest is situated in Australia. |