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Rainforest Rescue 🌿 Rescuing & restoring rainforest
🐾 Protecting vital biodiversity
🌱 Native nursery
💚 Positive conservation outcomes since 1999

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As December creeps closer and gift ideas start popping into our heads, here's a little something to consider: What if ou...
16/10/2026

As December creeps closer and gift ideas start popping into our heads, here's a little something to consider: What if our shopping choices could also support the rainforests we love? 🌱💚

Many of our wonderful Partners for Protection offer a range of products, giving you the opportunity to shop with businesses that share our love for the natural world.

Through their ongoing support of Rainforest Rescue, these businesses help us purchase, restore and protect rainforest habitat, ensuring more of these extraordinary places and the wildlife that depends on them have a future.

So, whether you're shopping for someone special or treating yourself, why not show a little love to the businesses that help us Protect Rainforests Forever?

Explore our partners' products and find a little inspiration:
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/shop/partner-products/

📷 Martin Stringer

Little hands, big curiosity! 🐝🌱At our Annual Community Tree Planting Day in May, some of our younger rainforest enthusia...
15/10/2026

Little hands, big curiosity! 🐝🌱

At our Annual Community Tree Planting Day in May, some of our younger rainforest enthusiasts got busy making little hotels for bees and other beneficial insects. Using simple materials, they created places where some of these tiny garden visitors can take shelter.

Activities like this are a wonderful way for children to connect with nature, discover the important roles insects play and learn that even the smallest creatures deserve a little care and attention 💚.

Feeling inspired to make your own little hotel for native bees and other beneficial bugs? Check out this handy guide with three different designs you can try at home:
👉 https://resources.austplants.com.au/stories/build-your-own-bee-hotel/

Know a young making a difference? We'd love to hear about them!
💌 [email protected]

📷 Matilda Brown

Sharing the Daintree with Southern Cassowaries is something pretty special, but it also comes with a responsibility to h...
14/10/2026

Sharing the Daintree with Southern Cassowaries is something pretty special, but it also comes with a responsibility to help keep these remarkable birds safe 💙❤️🖤.

Vehicle strikes, dog attacks and fragmented habitat are among the threats cassowaries face. But there's another, less obvious danger: people feeding them. While it might seem harmless, feeding can encourage cassowaries to approach people and vehicles, putting both birds and people at risk.

Whether you live in cassowary country or are lucky enough to visit, a few simple actions can make a real difference. Slow down and watch for wildlife on the roads, never feed cassowaries, keep dogs securely contained at home and on a lead when out and about, and always give these curious birds plenty of space, especially during breeding season when chicks may be nearby. Cassowary dads take their parenting responsibilities very seriously!

Learn more about how to be CASS-O-WARY in cassowary country:
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/save-the-cassowary/living-with-cassowaries/

📷 Jake Wilton

Jake Wilton Photo

📣🐦 Calling all bird nerds! 🐦📣 Whether you can identify a bird by its call or simply enjoy watching the feathered visitor...
13/10/2026

📣🐦 Calling all bird nerds! 🐦📣 Whether you can identify a bird by its call or simply enjoy watching the feathered visitors in your backyard, here are two great opportunities to contribute to conservation through your birdwatching.

BirdLife Australia's Aussie Bird Count runs from 19–25 October, and anyone can take part! Spend 20 minutes counting the birds you see in your backyard, local park or favourite outdoor spot, then submit your sightings. Every count contributes to a better understanding of how Australia's birds are faring.
👉 https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

Meanwhile, here in the Wet Tropics, BirdLife Northern Queensland's Birds With Altitude Challenge runs until 30 November. By conducting bird surveys in places including the Daintree, participants can help researchers understand how climate change is affecting rainforest birds and where they're being found.
👉 https://www.birdlifenq.org/birds-with-altitude

So, whether you're watching from your backyard or exploring the rainforest, grab your binoculars, keep your eyes peeled and happy birding! 🌿💚.

📷 Allen Sheather

BirdLife Australia BirdLife Northern Queensland

: Australia is home to two species of kangaroo that swapped life on the ground for life among the branches: Bennett’s T...
11/10/2026

: Australia is home to two species of kangaroo that swapped life on the ground for life among the branches: Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) and Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) 🦘🌳.

And they really are kangaroos. Their ancestors returned to the rainforest canopy, and life in the trees has shaped them in some remarkable ways. Strong forelimbs and long claws help them climb, broad padded feet grip branches, and they can move their hind legs independently and rotate their ankles inward to help them manoeuvre up and down tree trunks.

Here in the Daintree, Bennett’s Tree Kangaroos are found north of the Daintree River, while Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroos occur further south and are most commonly associated with the Atherton Tablelands.

Discover more about these remarkable rainforest residents:
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-tree-kangaroos/

And give our friends at a follow for plenty more tree roo goodness 💚.

📷 Matt Cornish

“Protect Rainforests Forever” is more than our tagline. It’s a commitment we make to every rainforest property we purcha...
09/10/2026

“Protect Rainforests Forever” is more than our tagline. It’s a commitment we make to every rainforest property we purchase, whether that means completing the paperwork for formal protection or putting in the hard yards to restore the land first 🌱💚🌳.

Kurranji Bubu is a great example. We purchased this Daintree property of almost 28 hectares in 2010, cleaned up a lot of rubbish and restored areas impacted by clearing, grazing and oil palm cultivation. In 2021, it became a Nature Refuge.

Nature Refuge agreements with the Queensland Government are intended to protect a property’s significant natural and cultural values in perpetuity. Today, 34 of our 48 Daintree properties have Nature Refuge status, with permanent protection progressing for the remaining properties.

That’s 💚.

Discover the story of Kurranji Bubu:
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/our-impact/plant-a-rainforest/kurranji-bubu/

Learn more about how we purchase and protect rainforest:
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/our-impact/protect-a-rainforest/

📷 Martin Stringer

There’s a lot more to a rainforest than what you can see at eye level 👀🌳.From the shaded forest floor, through the dense...
08/10/2026

There’s a lot more to a rainforest than what you can see at eye level 👀🌳.

From the shaded forest floor, through the dense understory and leafy canopy, to the tallest trees reaching above their neighbours, a rainforest grows in layers. Each experiences different amounts of sunlight, wind and moisture, creating different places for plants to grow and wildlife to feed, shelter and move through the forest.

Down low, seedlings and shade-loving plants make the most of the limited light filtering through. Higher up, branches, leaves, vines and epiphytes crowd towards the sun. And above the canopy, the tallest emergent trees rise into brighter light and stronger winds.

It’s one of the things that makes walking through the Daintree so extraordinary. There’s life beside you, beneath you and, if you remember to look up, a whole world overhead 💚.

Want to discover more about the Daintree and the work we're doing?
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/explore-the-rainforest/

📷 Rainforest Rescue

Through our program, businesses can play a very real part in protecting and restoring rainforest 🌱💚🌳.Support can help ...
07/10/2026

Through our program, businesses can play a very real part in protecting and restoring rainforest 🌱💚🌳.

Support can help purchase and protect precious rainforest, restore degraded landscapes and grow native rainforest trees. And sometimes, our partners get the chance to roll up their sleeves and join us in the Daintree too.

In May, our friends at Down Under Tours brought a big crew along to our first planting at 110 Cape Tribulation Road, joining our team, community and other partners to get native rainforest trees in the ground 💚.

If your business would like to be part of what we’re growing, restoring and protecting, we’d love to hear from you.

Discover :
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/make-an-impact/businesses/

📷 Martin Stringer

Down Under Tours TreadRight

: Heard something cheerful calling from the rainforest canopy? It might be worth looking up 👀🐦. The Macleay’s Honeyeate...
06/10/2026

: Heard something cheerful calling from the rainforest canopy? It might be worth looking up 👀🐦. The Macleay’s Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is often heard before it’s seen, its calls carrying through the forest as it searches for its next meal.

Found only in Australia, this North Queensland rainforest resident has an important job to do. Nectar forms part of its varied diet, and as it moves between flowers, pollen travels with it, helping rainforest plants reproduce 🌱💚🌳.

So, what does a Macleay’s Honeyeater actually sound like? Have a listen and discover more:
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/critter-corner-macleays-honeyeater/

📷 Terry Sohl / Dakota Birder

Can’t make it to the Daintree to get your hands dirty? You can still have a hand in protecting and restoring rainforest ...
02/10/2026

Can’t make it to the Daintree to get your hands dirty? You can still have a hand in protecting and restoring rainforest 🌱💚🌳.

Become a Rainforest Guardian in just two easy steps:
1. Visit our donation page
👉 https://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/donate-now/
2. Select ‘monthly’ when completing the form.

That’s it! You choose the monthly amount that works for you and can change or cancel your gift at any time... and just like that, you’re a without adding to your life admin load.

From there, we’ll take care of the rest. Your monthly donation will be put to work helping to purchase and protect precious rainforest, restore degraded landscapes and grow native rainforest trees.

It’s a simple way to keep supporting rainforest conservation, month after month, wherever you are 💚.

📷 Martin Stringer

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