Daintree Rainforest Articles

The Southern Cassowary (casu=horned, weri=head), the Casuarius Casuarius  or just cassowary, for short. This living dinosaur is almost as heavy as Australia’s biggest living megafauna, the red kangaroo!

This phenomenal insect has wings but doesn’t fly. It can produce female young without mating! If threatened, it sprays out a sweet smelling but stinging spray. Its vibrant green colour should make it stand out in a crowd, but it becomes almost invisible in its chosen foliage – the leaves of certain pandanus species.

The boardwalks and rainforest tracks throughout the Daintree Coast provide a wonderful platform for visitors to explore and discover the natural beauty and amazing diversity of the Daintree Rainforest. Each boardwalk provides a unique insight to the diverse ecosystems of the rainforest.

The boardwalks and rainforest tracks throughout the Daintree Coast provide a wonderful platform for visitors to explore and discover the natural beauty and amazing diversity of the Daintree Rainforest. Each boardwalk provides a unique insight to the diverse ecosystems of the rainforest.

There are a mind-blowing 12,000+ types of insects that call the Wet Tropics of Queensland Australia home. Obviously we can't list them all, but here are a few interesting critters you may be lucky to spot on a visit to the Daintree Rainforest.

The 'wet' season from December to May is tropically warm and humid with consistent rainfall. If planning on traveling to the Daintree Rainforest during this period don't be put off by the idea of of rain. After-all it is a rain-forest. This is when the rainforest really comes to life.

There is no other bird quite like a cassowary, with their brightly coloured heads, human adult size height, menacing looking casque (helmet) and large razor-sharp claws! It’s no wonder they’re often called the world’s most dangerous bird. And whilst they may not fly and you should never get too close, cassowaries are actually quite an […]

This complete guide to the Daintree Rainforest will have you packing and ready to explore the world's oldest rainforest - the amazing Daintree Rainforest. Discover facts about the Daintree, how to get here, things to do, see and explore, where to stay, where to eat and more!

Visitors to the Daintree Rainforest experience the wonders of walking through an ancient forest with spectacular canopies, flowing creeks and amazing biodiversity. You may be alert to creepy crawlies that live in the jungle – such as bugs and spiders and wary of possibly spotting a snake whilst exploring the rainforest boardwalks, or perhaps a […]

All our troubles with Mount Sorrow and Cape Tribulation and …. a few other locals. Who named Mt Sorrow? Not Lt James Cook, but Captain Simpson of HMS Penguin (a Royal Navy Survey ship) in 1905.