Gondwana Rainforest - photos

Aerial Roots	Rainforest Canopy	Rainforest	Palm
Temperate Forest	Tree	Tree	Epiphytes
Vine	Vine	Piccabeen Palm	Tree
Springbrook Plateau	Tree	Piccabeen Palms	Cave Creek
Buttress Roots	Antarctic Beech	Antarctic Beech	Antarctic Beech

About Gondwana Rainforest

The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia is the world's biggest area of subtropical rainforest. Located in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, the area contains many pockets of forest that date back to when Australia was part of the supercontinent of Gondwana. It is interesting to note that the rainforest has changed little since that time.

Three species of palm grow in these rainforests. Dominating the wettest soils are the tall Piccabeen Palms. The Rattan Palm or Lawyer Vine is a climbing palm and the Walking Stick palm abounds on the forest floor. Woody vines or lianas twist toward the canopy to capture light. Epiphytes such as crow's nest ferns and elkhorns cling to trees for support.

The forests that make up the Gondwana Rainforest Reserve were inscribed to the World Heritage list in 1986, and include the following national parks:

• Queensland
• Lamington National Park
• Main Range National Park
• Mount Barney National Park
• Mount Chinghee National Park
• Springbrook National Park

• New South Wales
• Barrington Tops National Park
• Border Ranges National Park
• Dorrigo National Park
• Mebbin National Park
• Mount Warning National Park
• New England National Park
• Nightcap National Park
• Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
• Washpool National Park
• Werrikimbe National Park
• Willi Willi National Park
    

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Brown Tulip Oak	Tree Trunks	Tree Trunk	Tree Trunk
Green Behind Gold	Tree	Canopy	Tree
Rainforest	Palms	Canopy	Trees
Hoop Pines	Cave Creek	Palms	Rainforest