Protect 100 acres of vital Australian rainforest

Well, we wouldn’t have rainforests without rain – and we’ve had plenty of it in far north Queensland, and particularly the Daintree region, over the past two months with record rains battering the region, flooding rivers and cutting off communities.

At one stage the wild weather isolated the towns of Port Douglas, Daintree Village and Mossman. Nearly 21 inches of rain fell in Port Douglas in 24 hrs, the deluge was the highest daily rainfall recorded since 1911 for the town (only an hours drive from the George Mansford Reserve).

We do anticipate and plan for rain in the ‘Wet Season’ but so much of it has severely delayed site preparation work on the George Mansford Reserve. ARF conservation officers have instead been concentrating efforts on the new ARF nursery, preparing seedlings for the right trees to revegetate the block.

We look forward to welcoming a group of Environmental Study’s students from Vanderbilt University in May. They are the second group to visit from the Tennessee Uni and will be checking on the progress of trees planted by their predecessors last year, while planting further trees to continue to extend our tropical rainforests. We thank them and all of you for your support in helping save these very precious and beautiful ecosystems.