Exploring The Ancient Rainforest Of North Queensland

Walking along a little rainforest trail, fallen leaves crunch under foot and the Wompoo Fruit Doves calls are heard over the sounds of insects. You’d be forgiven if you thought you had somehow fallen into a time vacuum and travelled back in time some 100 million years.

This is tropical north queensland’s daintree rainforest. the oldest and most ancient rainforest in the world. it’s been dated to be over 180 million years old, which is about 10 million years older than the largest rainforest on the planet, the amazon rainforest.