The Daintree Rainforest north of Cairns in Queensland Australia is one of the most beautiful examples of Mother Nature in the world. It is home to the largest range of plants and animals on earth, and all of them are found within the largest chunk of rainforest in Australia. Its area spans approximately 1200 square kilometres. This World Heritage Listed area contains the highest number of plant and animal species that are rare, or threatened with extinction, anywhere in the world. The Daintree Rainforest is a unique area, precariously balanced between the advances of development and the warnings of environmentalists.
The Daintree Rainforest contains 30% of frog, marsupial and reptile species in Australia, and 65% of Australia's bat and butterfly species. 20% of bird species in the country can be found in this area. And it all lives in an area that takes up 0.2% of the landmass of Australia. The Daintree Rainforest's addition to the world heritage List in 1988 in recognition of its universal natural values highlighted the rainforest as being mad fun
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