Save the Daintree Rainforest

Save the Daintree Rainforest Protecting & restoring the world’s oldest rainforest 🌏🌴
A program of Gondwana Rainforest Trust

Save the Daintree Rainforest is a program of Gondwana Rainforest Trust, a registered Australian non-profit organisation. The Daintree Rainforest is an iconic ecosystem located in Far North Queensland beloved by Australians and people around the world. Save the Daintree aims to conserve and restore parts of the Daintree Lowland Rainforest that are currently excluded from the protections of national park status.

02/09/2026

Amanda Freeman from Nature North explains how wildlife cameras on Lot 2 help us monitor the cassowaries using the property as habitat 🌿

These cameras give us a glimpse into how wildlife moves through and uses the rainforest, helping us better understand the importance of protecting places like Lot 2.

🔗 https://lot2.savethedaintree.org/

🌿 Meet the Large-fruited Red Mahogany (Eucalyptus pellita)!Growing up to around 40 metres tall, this impressive eucalypt...
01/09/2026

🌿 Meet the Large-fruited Red Mahogany (Eucalyptus pellita)!

Growing up to around 40 metres tall, this impressive eucalypt is one of the species found on properties we’ve purchased and protected in the Daintree Lowlands, thanks to you, our generous donors!

31/08/2026

🌿 Found only in the rainforests of tropical Queensland, this native tree is easy to spot by its big, broad leaves and beautiful yellow leaf veins. It also produces small fragrant flowers followed by dark fruits.

None other than the Round-leaved Bollywood (Litsea bindoniana)! 💚

Did you know that with the support of our wonderful donors, we have purchased and protected 36 rainforest properties in ...
29/08/2026

Did you know that with the support of our wonderful donors, we have purchased and protected 36 rainforest properties in the Daintree forever?

11 of them have been successfully transferred into the Daintree National Park (CYPAL) and are now under the highest level of protection possible! So, thank you for supporting us over the years; this is all thanks to you!

We are working to purchase, protect and restore even more. You can see our current projects here: https://www.savethedaintree.org/projects

Meet one of the Daintree’s rarest trees, the Cooper Creek Walnut (Endiandra cooperana) 🌿Once known from just two populat...
28/08/2026

Meet one of the Daintree’s rarest trees, the Cooper Creek Walnut (Endiandra cooperana) 🌿

Once known from just two populations, a third was discovered on a property we purchased and protected in 2021, all thanks to you!

🗒️ Did you know? Its large fruits are also a food source for the endangered Southern Cassowary!

Learn more here: https://www.savethedaintree.org/cooper-creek-walnut

26/08/2026

Meet the Northern Hairy Walnut (Endiandra insignis) 🌿

This rainforest native is hard to miss once you know what to look for. Another beautiful species that makes our rainforests so special!

🍎 Have you seen it before?

Cassowaries are known to roam Lot 2 in the Daintree Rainforest, with their presence recorded through multiple ecological...
26/08/2026

Cassowaries are known to roam Lot 2 in the Daintree Rainforest, with their presence recorded through multiple ecological surveys of the property.

These surveys also identified 233 native rainforest plant species, including nine threatened species.

🔗 Learn how you can help purchase, protect and regenerate Lot 2 in the Daintree Rainforest here: https://lot2.savethedaintree.org/

The Daintree has survived for more than 120 million years. And yet, block by block, pieces of this ancient rainforest ar...
25/08/2026

The Daintree has survived for more than 120 million years. And yet, block by block, pieces of this ancient rainforest are still being sold off.

So we buy them back for conservation. Follow along to learn more!

24/08/2026

Our botanist, Kris Kupsch, takes us into the Daintree Lowlands and explains what makes this incredible part of the rainforest so special 🌿

23/08/2026

The magnificent Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) is one of the Daintree’s most recognisable plants, famous for its enormous circular leaves that can grow over a metre across 🌴

When sunlight filters through the rainforest canopy and lights up these giant pleated leaves, it feels like stepping into another world!

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Suite 4, 81-83 Burringbar Street
Mullumbimby, NSW
2482

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