Australian fan palms. Madja Boardwalk estuary walk, Daintree National Park, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Admire the distinctive Australian fan palms (Licuala ramsayi) along Madja Boardwalk, a beautifully designed estuary walk in Daintree National Park, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia. This palm is one of the few species able to survive in oxygen-poor, waterlogged soil. Walk from rainforest to mangrove forest, where the native plants represent the culmination of 400 million years of evolution. As the world's oldest living rainforest—around 130 million years old—Daintree Rainforest is much older than the Amazon. Alongside the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest ("Wet Tropics of Queensland") is the only place in the world where two UNESCO World Heritage Sites meet.

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Admire the distinctive Australian fan palms (Licuala ramsayi) along Madja Boardwalk, a beautifully designed estuary walk in Daintree National Park, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia. This palm is one of the few species able to survive in oxygen-poor, waterlogged soil. Walk from rainforest to mangrove forest, where the native plants represent the culmination of 400 million years of evolution. As the world's oldest living rainforest—around 130 million years old—Daintree Rainforest is much older than the Amazon. Alongside the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest ("Wet Tropics of Queensland") is the only place in the world where two UNESCO World Heritage Sites meet.