If we act now, we can save an extremely important Daintree Rainforest property that provides habitat for the endangered Cassowary and an amazing 240 species of plants. We’ll also reverse the impact of the disastrous rural residential subdivision that carved up two-thirds of the Daintree Lowland Rainforest into freehold properties.

LAND PURCHASE TO SAVE THE DAINTREE - LOT 124 Quandong Road

Location: Queensland, Australia
Action: Purchase of Lot 124 Quandong Road, Cow Bay
Area: 1 hectare

Price per hectare: $25,000 ($2.50 per sqm)
Threatened Species: Southern Cassowary,   
Habitat: Lowland tropical rainforest classified as regional ecosystem 7.11.1a Mesophyll vine forest

Threats: Development for housing, domestic dogs, weeds

PURCHASE OF LOT 124 Quandong Road, Cow Bay

Through the support of 271 amazing donors, we raised the $25,000 required for the purchase of the property on the 3rd of March 2020. Thank you to everyone who donated to ensure this special Daintree property is added to the Daintree National Park! You’ve joined with others to achieve a fantastic outcome for endangered wildlife. Lot 124 Quandong Road, Cow Bay is 1 ha in size and is covered by tropical rainforest. Buying and protecting this property is a fantastic outcome for conservation as it connects to the Daintree National Park and it provides vital habitat for the Endangered Southern Cassowary and the rare Bennetts Tree-kangaroo. 

The settlement on the purchase of Lot 124 Quandong Road occurred on the 24^th of March 2020. We've now begun the process to transfer the property to the Queensland Government for inclusion in the Daintree National Park will begin. The Rainforest 4 Foundation and the Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation are working together to achieve this outcome. 

We launched this appeal with our friends at HalfCut, an organisation that reminds us that we’ve lost half of the world’s rainforest and we’ve got to save what’s left. Thank you, Jimmy and Jess and all of the team and supporters of HalfCut for the wonderful effort in raising funds for the purchase of Lot 124 Quandong Road.  

Lot 124 Quandong Road, Cow Bay in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest

Thank you to the generous donors who funded the purchase and protection of this Daintree Rainforest property. Please learn more about our project Land Purchase to Save the Daintree here.

Please make a donation now to help purchase the next Daintree Rainforest property. 

We asked if you wanted Lot 124 in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest added to the national park and your answer was yes! On the 10^th of January we began fundraising to buyback this special rainforest property and fifty-three days later we’ve reached the $25,000 target. Thank you!!

Thanks to the generosity of our donors we've purchased and protected Lot 3 Thornton Peak Drive in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest. This will ensure the threatened species and incredible biodiversity are protected forever. This property purchase was funded by 220 donors and demonstrates that Australians are willing to put their money where their heart is to save the Daintree Lowland Rainforest.

LAND PURCHASE TO SAVE THE DAINTREE - LOT 390 Maple Road

FUNDRAISING FOR THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY 2020 AND SETTLEMENT ON THE PROPERTY PURCHASE OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY 2020.

Project snapshot

Location: Queensland, Australia
Action: Purchase of Lot 390 Maple Road, Cow Bay
Area: 1 hectare

Price per hectare: $25,000 ($2.50 per sqm)
Threatened Species: Southern Cassowary, Noahs Walnut and Climbing Pandanus  
Habitat: Lowland tropical rainforest classified as regional ecosystem 7.11.1a Mesophyll vine forest

Threats: Development for housing, domestic dogs, weeds

PURCHASE OF LOT 390 MAPLE ROAD

Lot 390 Maple Road, Cow Bay is 1 ha in size and is completely covered by tropical rainforest. Buying and protecting this property will be a fantastic outcome for conservation. It connects to the Daintree National Park, is in pristine condition and is a vital habitat for the Endangered Cassowary.

Buying land in this location helps us to wind back the impacts of the disastrous 1980’s rural residential subdivision. We are focusing our efforts on Cow Bay as scientists have identified this area as being the highest priority for conservation. It has some of the highest levels of biodiversity and the highest densities of Cassowaries in Australia. 

Through our Land Purchase to Save the Daintree National Park project, we are buying land and adding properties to the Daintree National Park and World Heritage Area and are helping to preserve critical Cassowary habitat. 

Following the purchase of this property, it will be gifted to the Queensland Government for inclusion in the Daintree National Park. 

Lot 390 Maple Road is a freehold property. The property is 1 ha in size (10,000 sqm). With a purchase price of $25,000.

Prior to making a commitment to purchase of Lot 390 Maple Road in Cow Bay we wanted to be reassured of its conservation values.

A vegetation survey was undertaken by ecologist and botanist Kristopher Kupsch. He found the vegetation to be a well developed intact assemblage of 207 native species of plants.

Lot 390 Maple Road, Cow Bay in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest

Thank you to the generous donors who funded the purchase and protection of this Daintree Rainforest Property.

You can learn more about our project Land Purchase to Save the Daintree here

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Fan Palms on Lot 390 Maple Road, Cow Bay in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest

Please make a donation now to help purchase the next Daintree Rainforest property. 

On the 24^th of November, we set out to raise the funds to buy Lot 390 Maple Road in Cow Bay in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest. Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of people in Australia and around the world we reached our goal of raising $25,000! Settlement on the purchase of Lot 390 maple Road occurred on Monday the 23rd of February 2020.

We have an opportunity to buy a Daintree Rainforest property covered in beautiful Fan Palms for only $25,000. Lot 305 Cypress Road, Cow Bay is 1 ha in size and is covered by tropical rainforest. Buying and protecting this property will be a fantastic outcome for conservation as it connects to the Daintree National Park, is in pristine condition and provides vital habitat for the Endangered Southern Cassowary.

We Are Explorers is teaming up with Rainforest 4 Foundation to raise $25,000, purchase a block of land in the Daintree Rainforest, return it to the Daintree National Park and protect it forever. But what’s the Daintree actually like? And what can you do there? We sent Kate up north to find out. 

We’ve provided answers to the most frequently asked questions on the purchase and protection of Lot 305 Cypress Road in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest.  

We Are Explorers is crowdfunding $25,000 to help us purchase and protect one hectare of Daintree Lowland Rainforest. To get things started Kate Stevens from We Are Explorers headed up to see the property with Kelvin Davies and to meet the Traditional Owners, hang out with cassowaries, capture some shots and set to work building out the campaign. Now the countdown to the launch has begun!