This revised and expanded third edition helps you explore the beautiful rainforests that grow in Queensland, as well as across northern Australia, and onto many of the surrounding islands. Includes Mission Beach, the Atherton Tablelands, Cairns, the Daintree, Cape York and other areas of northern and eastern Australia. This book is a guide to the natural history of the rainforest of tropical Australia. It begins with the environment and ecology of this ecosystem, from landforms to seed dispersal. It then identifies the major groups and species of organisms, from the most primitive plants through to the birds and mammals.