australia - Beautiful Nation Photos - Beautiful Nation Project ☸2024-03-29T13:21:50Zhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/feed/tag/australiaDaintree Strangler Fighttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/photos/daintree-stranglerfig2013-11-22T22:30:09.000Z2013-11-22T22:30:09.000ZLighthouse Keeperhttp://www.beautifulnationproject.org/members/lighthouse<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7252576?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Daintree Strangler Fig captured in the biggest Rain Forest in Australia  and the second biggest rain forest in the world!</p>
<p><span>The </span><b>Daintree Rainforest</b><span> is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_rainforest" title="Tropical rainforest">tropical rainforest</a><span> on the north east coast of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a><span>, Australia, north of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossman,_Queensland" title="Mossman, Queensland">Mossman</a><span> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairns" title="Cairns">Cairns</a><span>. At around 1,200 km</span><sup>2</sup><span> (460 sq mi),</span><sup class="Template-Fact">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><span> the Daintree is the largest continuous area of tropical rainforest on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_(continent)" title="Australia (continent)">Australian continent</a><span>. Along the coastline north of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daintree_River" title="Daintree River">Daintree River</a><span>, tropical rainforest grows right down to the edge of the sea.</span></p>
<p><span>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daintree_Rainforest" target="_blank">source</a>]</span></p>
<p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Queensland+Australia&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Queensland+Australia&t=m&z=5&source=embed" id="my_href" name="my_href"><img width="560" height="365" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?language=en&center=Queensland+Australia&zoom=5&size=560x365&format=png32&maptype=roadmap&markers=Queensland+Australia&sensor=false" id="my_src" name="my_src" /></a></p>
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