The Wet Tropics Bioregion Far North Queensland is an ecologically rare place on the global map.  It is a biodiversity hotspot – carrying both archaic species from ancient super-continent Gondwana and new species as living examples of ‘evolution in action’.

The Bioregion has been severely logged in the last 100+ years as “settlement” sprawled across the region removing all accessible old-growth native forests.  The Bioregion has been ruthlessly depleted of the very forests that make up the ecosystem itself – the tall trees that bring the rain to earth.

Cassowary have only 20-25% of former habitat remaining and much of it is still under pressure.  What year will the 4 million year old archaic species become functionally extinct?

It’s lucky our understanding of precious biodiversity is once again gaining some traction with the next generation – those keen on the experiences that raw nature has to offer.  It’s the wild places that have inspired humans through the ages – the perfect beauty and harmony of nature doing its thing.  It’s the place where we are forced to slow down so we can take it all in.

Life in the Bioregion is not for everyone.  Nature must come first.