The Strangler Fig
Fan Palms have an important partnership with figs that germinate in the brown fabric at the neck of the tree and start their lives about 25 metres above ground at the top of the tree trunk. The fig roots [...]
Fan-tastic Story of Success
Simplicity, efficiency, endurance and connection seem to be recurring themes within our forests. What factors contribute to the continuance of the spectacular fan palms, Licuala ramsayi that have spanned 170million years? Fossil records of these plants have been found [...]
Licuala Forests
The timeless grandeur of rainforest giants, individually exceeding a thousand years old, form a primary canopy above, that excludes much of the sunlight, whilst a secondary canopy of fan palms, Licuala ramsayii forms a vaulted ceiling of green parasols [...]
A Living Green Dinosaur
World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics of Queensland in December 1988 was a conservation endorsement of the highest order that included a range of tenures including freehold land. […]
Daintree Rainforest Living
Daintree Rainforest living has us temporary custodians of a World Heritage allotment that is situated on the eastern flank of the highest mountain north of the Daintree River – Wundungu a.k.a. Thornton Peak. The area is acknowledged as containing the World’s oldest rainforest [...]
Wealth of the Daintree Rainforest
The Daintree holds a special place in Australia’s environmental conscience. How can a rainforest that has existed for an estimated 170-million years remain undiscovered until the 1970’s? How can a rainforest containing an unsurpassed richness of ancient, primitive and [...]
Nature Will Prevail
A significant aspect of living in the Daintree Rainforest comes from knowledge of past inhabitants and their impacts on the land. The power given to governments to make decisions that seriously affect human capacity to live in harmony with [...]
Rainforest Revelations
Rainforest Revelations chronologies a progressive history of life in the oldest rainforest in the world. In 1988, a precedent was established that included private land in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Freehold land, purchased in fee simple, was protected through [...]
