The tropical Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia is one of the most complex on Earth. Its plant diversity and structural complexity is unrivalled on the Australian continent. Descendants of plant life can be found today with many of their ancestors’ primitive characteristics, some dating back 110 million years. Carefully designed walkways through the forest enable the visitor to enjoy this diversity, to see plant life transmogrify, evolve, die, smother, climb, submerge, compete, rot, and re-emerge within this unique UNESCO world Heritage site.
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Stunning! Thanks for sharing, Francesca! x
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Thanks Celia. Might look for a cheap flight to Cairns and go driving again up that way. So lovely.
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Reblogged this on Micks Blog and commented:
Nature left undisturbed, amazing!!!
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Just had to reblog. Any chance you got some fauna images?
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Hi Mick. I have a very dark pic of a Cassawary somewhere.
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Stunning, I can feel the warm damp air, the bird call, total contrast to my post!
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Thanks Sandra, humid, damp, totally green.
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Very nice photos depicting your descriptive prose. Fascinating to see first hand how Nature regenerates itself. xx
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Thanks Ardys. It’s a special place and high on the list of must visits.
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At a very late viewing I am most taken by the ‘closeness’ you have displayed . . . the leaf and the root and the blossom . . . you made me feel I was there and for that I say thank you . . .
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Very Kind Eha. Every step in the Daintree is so incredible, down below, up above, the light, the dark, the heat and diversity of plant life- I need to get back up there.
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This was beautiful! I had never heard of this rainforest before.
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It’s in the far north of Queensland. It is a very special place to visit if you come to Australia.
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Beautiful shots. I specially liked the spotlit bracket fungus in the featured shot, and the roots writhing in the mud.
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Thankyou- it is my favourite too.
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Beautiful photos, and great way to interpret transmogrify, letting nature do the work.
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Thanks Debi, yes nature adapts, changes, acclimatises, – I was entranced by the Daintree and took thousands of pics.
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Great series of a very special place. I love the way nature does things natural. Just leave her alone!
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If only there were more spots left alone.
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There we have the same opinion…
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Yes, if only …
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What an incredible region!
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Thanks Sue, it is the most amazing place.
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Stunning photographs. Palm’s are one of my favourite plants.
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The fan palms there are so beautiful.
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Beautiful photos of a beautiful place. And to think that the Great Barrier Reef is at the edge of the forest…such treasures.
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Just gorgeous.
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Beautiful images Francesca .. I can almost smell the forest 😃
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Thanks J.
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Nature never fails to impress. Beautiful shots!
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Love the photos
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Great photos! The Daintree is one of my favorite parts of Aus, didn’t spot any cassowaries though
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Thanks Katie.
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Thank you for taking me along into this very special forest. Lovely photos!
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I hope you enjoyed this little walk.
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