Why is Queensland unique?
Queensland is host to five of Australia’s fourteen World Heritage areas Scenic Rim National Parks — south of Brisbane, the largest area of sub-tropical rainforest in Southern Queensland Fraser Island — combining natural sand blows, coastal heath, mangrove swamps, pristine freshwater lakes, subtropical rainforest and sand dunes. Riversleigh Fossil Fields — within Lawn Hill National Park in the remote north-west, this is one of the four most significant fossil sites in the world. Wet Tropics — from Townsville to Cooktown, comprising some of the world’s oldest rainforests including the Daintree National Park Great Barrier Reef — stretching for over 2000km along Queensland’s coastline, this is the world’s most diverse coral reef system. Only in Queensland will you find two World Heritage sites side by side, where the rainforest meets the reef.
