A stunning book about Australia's most diverse and most complex natural habitat.
Tropical rainforest once covered the entire country but is now confined to the north-east corner where it occupies about one-thousandth of the entire land surface.
This book describes the great lushness and variety of the forests and how this came to be. The geology of the landforms and how they gave rise to the incomparable waterfalls, crater lakes and tall mountains, are also discussed. how the rainforest works, that is, how to make sense out of the seemingly chaotic and rampant plant growth, is explained.
Going beyond the explanations and classifications, Stanley Breeden's brilliant 600 photographs and text aim to encourage naturalists and visitors to experience the magic and mystery of these great forests for themselves.
