Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Welcome to the World's Oldest Forest!


Where in the world are the wet tropics of Queensland?


http://www.wettropics.gov.au/maps


The wet tropics of Queensland are located along the northeastern coast of Australia, consisting of around 8,940 sq. km of protected rainforest which is divided into seven large national parks and over 700 other regulated areas and private properties. These rainforests stretch from Townsville to Cooktown, Queensland, and are bordered by the Great Dividing Range and the Great Barrier Reef. These parks include: Barron Gorge, Black Mountain, Cedar Bay, Daintree, Edmund Kennedy, Girringun, and Wooroonooran National Parks.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/486/multiple=1&unique_number=565