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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 ...
View from the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway, 2004. The forests, together with the Great Barrier Reef, have been identified and promoted as a major tourist attraction of Tropical North Queensland, one of five within the state. [13] One of the most significant tourist attractions in the rain forests is the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway. [citation needed]
Tasmanian temperate rain forests: Tasmanian West (TWE) Tasmanian temperate rain forests: Victoria Bonaparte (VIB) Kimberley tropical savanna: Victorian Midlands (VIM) Southeast Australia temperate forests: Warren (WAR) Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands: Wet Tropics (WET) Queensland tropical rain forests: Yalgoo (YAL) Southwest Australia savanna
Tully Training Area is approximately 13,300 hectares (33,000 acres). It is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north-west of Tully. [1]The Tully Military Training Area (TTA) is part of the Wet Tropics biogeographic region, which runs along the coast from the Cedar Bay/Daintree region in the north to just short of Townsville in the south, and includes the elevated Atherton plateau.
Amazon River rain forest in Peru. Tropical rainforests are hot and wet. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F) during all months of the year. [4] Average annual rainfall is no less than 1,680 mm (66 in) and can exceed 10 m (390 in) although it typically lies between 1,750 mm (69 in) and 3,000 mm (120 in). [5]
Visiting David Attenborough’s ‘favourite place’ – why you should explore the reefs and rainforests of North Queensland Jonathan Samuels May 10, 2024 at 7:40 AM
(note: Af in light green is Tropical rainforest). Seasonal tropical forest, also known as moist deciduous, semi-evergreen seasonal, tropical mixed or monsoon [1] forest, typically contains a range of tree species: only some of which drop some or all of their leaves during the dry season.
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.