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  2. Daintree Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Daintree Rainforest. Coordinates: 16°12′S 145°24′E. Panorama of the rainforest, 2013. The Daintree Rainforest, also known as the Daintree, is a region on the northeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about 105 km (65 mi), by road, north of the city of Cairns. Whilst the terms "Daintree Rainforest" and "the Daintree" are not officially ...

  3. Daintree National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Daintree National Park is located in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,757 km (1,092 mi) northwest of Brisbane and 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Cairns. It was founded in 1981 [ 2 ] and is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In 1988, it became a World Heritage Site. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] The park consists of two sections—Mossman Gorge and ...

  4. Daintree River - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Wet Tropics of Queensland - Wikipedia

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    On 9 November 2012, the Australian Government also acknowledged the Indigenous heritage of the area as being nationally significant. The Aboriginal Rainforest People of the Wet Tropics of Queensland have lived continuously in the rainforest environment for at least 5000 years, and this is the only place in Australia where Aboriginal people have permanently inhabited a tropical rainforest ...

  6. Skyrail Rainforest Cableway - Wikipedia

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    Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a 7.5-kilometre (4.7 mi) scenic tourist cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park, in the Wet Tropics of Queensland ’s World Heritage Area in Australia. It operates from the Smithfield terminal (16.8477°S 145.6950°E) in Cairns to the Kuranda terminal (16.8190°S 145.639000°E) on the Atherton ...

  7. Kuranda, Queensland - Wikipedia

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    Kuranda is a rural town and locality on the Atherton Tableland in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. [2][3] It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Cairns, via the Kuranda Range road. It is surrounded by tropical rainforest and adjacent to the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage listed Barron Gorge National Park.

  8. Thornton Peak - Wikipedia

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    Thornton Peak is a prominent mountain that rises above the Daintree Rainforest to a height of 1374 m. [ 1] The mountain is located about 126km northwest of Cairns within the catchment of the Daintree River . It is Queensland's fourth highest peak after Mount Bartle Frere at 1,622 m (5,322 ft), Mount Bellenden Ker at 1,593 m (5,226 ft) and Mount ...

  9. Mossman Gorge, Queensland - Wikipedia

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    The Mossman Gorge Centre is the gateway to the valley which is a tourist attraction with a suspension bridge providing access to a 2.4-kilometre (1.5 mi) loop walk through the rainforest of the National Park. It is part of the traditional homeland of the indigenous Kuku Yalanji people (Goo-goo Ya-lan-gee). [3][4][5][6]

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