HAVE you had a chance to check out the spectacular new Daintree Rainforest website? Magnificent beauty and extraordinary biodiversity presented through a gallery of images in full-screen format. The complexities of the oldest surviving rainforest … [Read more...] about New Daintree Rainforest Website: Neil Hewett
A spoonful of enviro-sugar helps the atmospheric medicine go down
In her 16th July 2008 media release, GREEN PAPER ON CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME RELEASED, Senator, the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change and Water, stated that: “Climate change threatens … icons like the Great Barrier Reef, the … [Read more...] about A spoonful of enviro-sugar helps the atmospheric medicine go down
Escalating Unimproved Property Values in the Daintree
The land valuation of our property in the Daintree rainforest has recently jumped by 250%. This may well reflect market activity over the last few years, but then again, government intervention has largely influenced these changes, with broad scale … [Read more...] about Escalating Unimproved Property Values in the Daintree
Injured Cassowary
About two months ago, this magnificent adult female cassowary (above) traversed alongside our house with a dreadful limp. At the time, cassowaries had been fighting, so I assumed this one had suffered an injury in such conflict. However, the big … [Read more...] about Injured Cassowary
Anti-environment & Anti-tourism Policy in the Daintree
The ratepayers’ association for the Daintree Cape Tribulation area has called upon the Queensland Government to adopt a new policy for the provision of electricity, which protects the environment to the greatest possible extent and overcomes the … [Read more...] about Anti-environment & Anti-tourism Policy in the Daintree
Close Encounter of the Cassowary Kind
Breakfast at Cooper Creek Wilderness took a dramatic turn this morning with the unexpected arrival of a distressed cassowary chick. Not more than a month old, its separation from its family unit was cause for great concern. It ran about whistling … [Read more...] about Close Encounter of the Cassowary Kind
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.