Interesting Fact

• The Great Barrier Reef is comprised of over 900 individual islands.

  

• Over 1500 species of tropical fish, 400 different types of coral and 200 types of birds are just some of the life forms that inhabit the reef.

  

• The Great Barrier Reef is classed as the single largest living organism in the world, spanning a total distance of over 2600km from the Torres Strait to Fraser Island.

  

• The Great Barrier Reef is a UNESCO World Heritage area and listed as one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World”.

  

• The Great Barrier Reef covers an overall area that is larger than the size of Italy.

  

• To be classified as a tropical rainforest, the area must receive at least 1.3 metres of rain per annum.

  

• The mean average rainfall in Australia’s Tropical Rainforests varies between 1.2 metres and 3 metres per annum; 60% of which falls in the summer months, December to March.

  

• Tropical North Queensland’s rainforests are the oldest continually surviving rainforests on earth and once covered the entire Australian continent.

  

• Australia’s Tropical Rainforests cover approximately 900,000 square hectares & are internationally recognised as one of the most ecologically fascinating natural areas in the world.

  

• The Daintree Rainforest is the largest rainforest in Australia, covering an area of about 1,200 square kilometres.

  

• The Daintree Rainforest was added to the World Heritage List in 1988.

  

• The Daintree Rainforest was named after the nineteenth-century Australian geologist and photographer, Richard Daintree.