BARRIER REEF AUSTRALIA Accommodation, Tours, Attractions & Interesting Facts About The Great Barrier Reef.

Information obtained from the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage

The Wet Tropics was listed with World Heritage in 1988. The area extends along the North Coast of Qld starting from the north of Townsville to the south of Port Douglas with in reach from Cairns.

The Wet Tropics Rain Forest can be explored from the floor to the canopy. It boasts a numerous amount of gorges, waterfalls, mountains and vast array of some of the rarest species of flora and fauna in the world.

More than 894,000ha with the main allotment of rainforest in northern Queensland covering 3 three major regions: The tablelands in The Great Divide, to the borders of The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Site and the intermediate Great Escarpment. The Altitude from sea level and hinder reaches 1622m to include Mt Bartle Frere, the highest mountain in Northern Australia.

From Cairns there is multitude of ways to see the rainforest, take a safari tour, a spectacular ride in the Skyrail cable cars or perhaps your the thrill seeking kind. If you miss the animals of the rainforest visit a wildlife park and if you want to go really high, book yourself with one of the local air charter companies for a package that suits you.