The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, are a World Heritage Site, encompassing 41 rainforest reserves with a total area of approximately 370,
Box Log Falls, Lamington National Park in Queensland
The threatened Hastings River mouse, previously thought to be extinct, was rediscovered in the Gondwana Rainforests.
Nothofagus moorei, commonly known as Antarctic beech, is a species of flowering plant in the family Nothofagaceae that is endemic to high elevation areas of eastern Australia. It is a tree, with simpl
Gondwana Rainforests
…its separation from Gondwana. The Gondwana Rainforests are the world's most significant subtropical rainforests and include almost all of the world's Antarctic beech cool temperate rainforests. Australia separated from the landmass Gondwana about 40 million years ago, at which point most of the continent was covered…
Large Antarctic beech at Cobark Park, Barrington Tops, 50 metres tall
Antarctic beech at Mount Banda Banda
Antarctic beech trees in Numinbah Nature Reserve