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30 April, 2025
Colourful mural highlights Daintree fauna and flora
IN the lead-up to yesterday’s Earth Day, Rainforest Rescue and Down Under Tours, in conjunction with the TreadRight Foundation, unveiled their new Daintree mural at the Rainforest Rescue Native Nursery in Cow Bay.
Created in collaboration with local illustrator Victoria McGrane, the hand-drawn design depicts the biodiversity of the Daintree rainforest.
Rainforest Rescue’s nursery manager Marine Deliens said “we’re so happy to see this beautiful mural in place".
"It’s a sign of the strength of our partnership, as well as the connections between conserving and restoring the natural environment and ways in which visitors to the Daintree can contribute to its thriving future,” she said.
Down Under Tours’ general manager Erin Simpson said “the Daintree is a unique and truly special destination globally".
"As tourism operators we have a duty to support its stewardship and today was testament to how we are working together with Rainforest Rescue to do so,” she said.
Attendees at the mural unveiling also planted native rainforest trees on the former Cow Bay airstrip site to show their commitment to helping the Daintree rainforest to regenerate. The young trees were grown in the native nursery, which produced over 56,000 trees last year. The nursery is expected to grow 150,000 trees annually when it reaches full capacity.
Ms McGrane was thrilled to see her work exhibited to the public. “It’s an honour to be collaborating on a positive impact project where you can see the difference it's making. I get so much inspiration from nature and the Daintree is full of amazing creatures and plants, the mural is a reflection of this,” she said.
The partnership between the organisations is to bring tourists to the Daintree rainforest to experience the world’s oldest living rainforest, while also contributing to its ongoing restoration and habitat conservation.
“Regenerative tourism” is growing in popularity as a way for tourists to make a meaningful contribution to the destinations they visit," Ms Deliens said.
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