The Daintree Blockade – 40th anniversary 2023
November 30th 2023 will mark the 40th anniversary of the Daintree blockade protests,which paved the way for World Heritage status of the Daintree Rainforest. I recommend watching the feature length documentary below “Earth First”, I have remastered this video footage from a VHS copy to digital with some noise and colour filters applied, please enjoy and share for educational and preservation of this truly historic and important event in the history of Australia. The Daintree Blockade was a significant environmental protest that took place in 1983. It was a 10-month-long demonstration led by local residents to prevent the bulldozing of native forest for a new road north. The protest played a crucial role in raising awareness about the Daintree Rainforest and the importance of preserving it. The Daintree Blockade is considered one of Australia’s most iconic environmental protests. The battle for the Wet Tropics How Queensland’s Daintree rainforest was saved…
Daintree Rainforest History of Australia’s Jungle
The Daintree Rainforest is over 135 million years old! This makes it the oldest tropical lowland rainforest on Earth! The Daintree Rainforest, also known as the Daintree, is a region on the northeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about 105 km (65 mi), by road, north of the city of Cairns. Whilst the terms “Daintree Rainforest” and “the Daintree” are not officially defined, it is generally accepted and understood that they refer to the area from the Daintree River north to Cooktown, and from the coastline west to the Great Dividing Range. The popular tourist destination of Mossman Gorge, some 30 km (19 mi) south of the Daintree River, is often (and again, unofficially) included in the definition. At around 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi),[1] the Daintree is a part of the largest contiguous area of tropical rainforest in Australia, known as the Wet Tropics of Queensland. The region, along with a select number of other rainforest areas on the Australian east coast, collectively form some of the oldest…