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RobertRyan
Feb 05, 2014Explorer
pnichols wrote:
Robert,
Don't parts of Northern Australia still look like your top two photos above?
Yes Australia is not what you would think.
In Tasmania they have some the World's tallest trees and probably the Tallest if the Forest had not been cut down in the early part of last Century.
Tasmania some of the tallest trees.
Top part of Australia has the World's oldest surviving Rain forest.Called the Daintree.
It is located in the north-eastern part of Queensland in Australia. It is said to be as old as 135 million years and hence is the world’s oldest surviving rain forest. It is the largest rain forest in Australia and covers about 2600 square kilometres. The rain forest is home to many exotic plants and animals including 30 percent of Australia’s reptiles, marsupial and frog species, 18 percent bird species, and 65 percent bat and butterfly species and over 12000 species of insects
The Daintree Rainforest grows right down to the shoreline.

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