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How a rainforest and a baby python fixed my burnout

Travel · Daintree

How a rainforest and a baby python fixed my burnout

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Tucked deep in the world’s oldest tropical rainforest is Daintree Ecolodge, an accommodation by Intrepid Travel. Rosalie Liddle Crawford journeys into the...Read Article

FNQ Drilling boosts efficiency with the H Series hammer

Bamboo · Bamboo

FNQ Drilling boosts efficiency with the H Series hammer

Far North Queensland (FNQ) is one of the fastest-growing regions in Australia. Despite being the region with the most annual rainfall in the country, FNQ is facing water supply challenges. Particularly along the coast, the area’s capacity to store water for urban use is limited, which may hinder future growth. Some parts of FNQ have even seen water outages in recent years. As a result, water well drilling has proven to be a vital service for hou…Read Article

Pure Hydrogen’s EV80 Mini-Buses Are Set to Transport 300,000 Visitors a Year at Mossman Gorge

Pure Hydrogen has confirmed the supply of two EV80 electric mini-buses to Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia with a successful launch event this week Buses will serve as the primary shuttle for the more than 300,000 annual visitors to Mossman Gorge Result highlights company’s growing sales pipeline for zero emissions vehicles Special Report: Pure Hydrogen’s zero-emissions vehicle adoption gains further momentum, with the company this week ce…Mossman · Mossman See the Story

Inside the world's oldest living rainforest that inspired Avatar

The crocodile lies still in the water, its eyes watching us like tiny yellow moons. Above our heads, a flurry of white egrets billows past as the light of the sinking sun reflects off the river's metallic surface. My guide Alex gestures at the croc, which causes barely a ripple as it glides away lazily. 'If you tried to design a creature like that from scratch, you'd need a super computer,' he says. 'But a couple of hundred million years of evol…Daintree · Daintree Read Article

Ergon plans ‘Queensland first’ microgrid in state’s far north

Queensland government-owned utility Ergon Energy has announced it will build the state’s first network-connected microgrid as it investigates how to best utilise distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar, and improve the reliability of electricity supply in edge-of-grid communities.Regional electricity network operator Ergon Energy has unveiled plans to build a grid-connected 700 kW / 1,000 kWh battery energy storage system that can op…Mossman Gorge · Mossman Gorge See the Story

Port Douglas Retirement Village Set to Become Gated Community

At the time, then-Mayor Michael Kerr said that following Douglas Shire Council’s approval of Obray’s 41 single-storey, one-and-two bedroom independent living units – ranging from 200msq to 350msq – he believed it was “a fantastic development for our slice of paradise.” Approval for the retirement village on the 1.75ha of land between Oaks Port Douglas Resort and the Reef Resort Villas was granted in December 2020. The proposed retirement villag…Port Douglas · Port Douglas See the Story

Termites may help Daintree rainforest regeneration

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The humble termite might have a role to play in rainforest regeneration. Termites, famously destructive, particularly in the tropics, are not popular in regenerated forests. But ecologist, Dr Baptiste Wijas, of the US-based Cary Institute and the University of Queensland, and a team of collaborators, have been using termites and fungi, both decomposers, to help predict forest health and carbon sequestration rates in replanted sections of Far N…Daintree · Daintree Read Article

"Le Souffle de l'Eau" : a documentary committed to the heart of Daintree

In the face of the climate emergency, some people choose not to remain spectators. This is the case of Hugo Laval and Louise Le Grand, two students from Nancy Mines, who traded their engineering manuals for a camera and backpack, heading for the Daintree forest in Australia. There, in the heart of the world's oldest tropical forest, they experienced a unique human, scientific and spiritual experience, which they condensed into a committed docume…Climate Emergency · Daintree Read Article

Taste Port Douglas brings line-up of international and Australian chefs to FNQ

Taste Port Douglas, presented by Sheraton, is bringing a world-class line-up of hospitality talent to Far North Queensland.Port Douglas · Port Douglas Read Article

Kimberley Rock Monitor Care Sheet - Reptiles Magazine

The Kimberley rock monitor (Varanus glauerti) is a rock-dwelling dwarf monitor endemic to northern Australia. This semi-arboreal desert varanid has a penchant for hanging upside down and curiously exploring its surroundings. With a long elegant neck, beautiful diamond patterns and color variations, flat snout, and the capability to flatten themselves to fit into narrow rock crevices, your Kimberley rock monitor will bring you years of joy and fa…Kimberley, Queensland · Kimberley Read Article