Huon pine growth of Mount Read

Growth of genetically identical Huon pines (Lagarostrobos franklinii (Hook.f.) Quinn), stand of trees is 10,500 years old although none of the individual trees is that old.

Wollemi pine stands

The three only existing populations of Wollemia nobilis pine in deep, inaccessible gorges with less than 100 Wollemi pines remaining. This tree was thought to be extinct 150 million years ago until it was discovered not far from Sydney in 1994.

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

One of the Australian symbols, enormous and visually very impressive sandstone inselberg, 348 meters high, and 9.4 km in circumference. A sacred place to local Aborigine peoples. Here are many springs, waterholes, caves, and rock art sites. Endemic plants.

Dalhousie Springs

A group of up to 60 powerful thermal springs at the fringe of the desert. The temperature of water reaches 38 – 43 degrees C. Total discharge of all springs is around 17000 l/s. Numerous unique, relict species in this ancient ecosystem including several fish species.

Wooramel Seagrass Bank

The largest seagrass grove in the world, covers 1,030 square kilometres.

Tree heath south of Freycinet Estuary

Unique biotope with at least 51 endemic species.

Fraser Island

The largest sand island in the world, 1,840 km². Contains dunes that are up to 24 meters high, tall rainforest growing at elevations up to 200 meters, unique ‘vallum’ heaths, and more than 100 unique, crystal clear dune lakes retained in the sand by organic matter deposits.

Elizabeth Springs

Remote springs in an arid region, where over the last 1.8 million years has developed a unique ecosystem with endemic species, such as a fish – Elizabeth Springs goby (Chlamydogobius micropterus Larson), snail, four species of plants, etc.

The Daintree Rainforest

Scenically beautiful rainforest in Australia with a very high biological diversity. This forest contains unique, primitive flowering plants that survived the dry climatic periods in smaller areas of climatic refuge.

Litchfield magnetic termite mounds

Unique landscape formed by multiple flat termite mound formations oriented in the north-south direction in order to control the temperature inside the mounds. These mounds are built by a specific species of termites – Amitermes meridionalis.