The Daintree is a birdwatchers’ paradise, boasting more than 430 species in the Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef region. This tally accounts for more than half the species in all of Australia.

“I came north to escape the cold,” he explains. Today, in shorts and padded flanno, with an abundant grey beard, he looks very much at home on the Daintree. “I’ve always been interested in birds so I ...

Trees as big as the Statue of Liberty, 400 species of birds - and spiders that devour their mates. No wonder David Attenborough calls Australia’s Daintree Rainforest... the most extraordinary ...

In another life, Neil was a teacher from Victoria. Now he lives in the depths of the Daintree, along with his extended family, on freehold land he bought after the Daintree was inscribed into the ...

The Daintree Rainforest is home to beautiful flora and abundant wildlife, and the team from Treetops Adventure in Cape Tribulation helps visitors enjoy a bird’s-eye view of its riches on fully ...

“If a bird stops what he's doing and looks at us like this, watches us, it might be an ancestor,” whispers Tom Creek. A willy wagtail is perched on the branch of an old red cedar.

There are 3,000 species of flora here, 700 of them unique to the Daintree, and thousands of birds, mammals and reptiles. But no crocs; the water in this shady paradise is too cold.

The Daintree is an ancient rainforest dating back 130 million years (about 110 million years older than the Amazon). Credit: Tourism and Events Queensland Tom Creek stands beside a pool in a part ...