Daintree News

Latest observations and stories about the wildlife and environment in the Daintree - Cape Tribulation area, including birdwatching on the Daintree River, and the animals of the Daintree Rainforest.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Ants in your plants--symbiosis in the Wet Tropics

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Prickly Ant Plant at Keating Lagoon near Cooktown Ants in Your Plants! Not in your pants. That's a children's ditty. Prickly An...

Monday, October 21, 2013

Keatings Lagoon in Spring and Summer

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A 4WD drive from Cape Tribulation takes you past Keatings Lagoon near Cooktown. Visitors have been seeing lots of birds in September and...

Monday, July 8, 2013

Winter in the Daintree - Kingfishers galore!

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A busy time of the year in the Daintree with school holidays in all the cold southern states. What could be better than escaping to the trop...

Sunday, March 31, 2013

The 'Wet Season' at last

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There is nothing like some decent rain to bring the tropical lowland rainforest alive, and we have had just that in the last week or so. Th...

Friday, February 15, 2013

Cuckoos and other cheats

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Spring and summer are the seasons for cuckoos in the Wet Tropics and Daintree, many of which are known to call incessantly, and most of...

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Welcome to Breeding Season in Daintree

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After a long absence, the Daintree News blog is up and running again! Queensland's Wet Tropics are, without doubt, Australia's bes...

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Fungi in the Forest

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Fungi play an important role in the tropical rainforests of the Daintree as they help to break down plant matter on the forest floor. The...

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