Visiting David Attenborough’s ‘favourite place’ – why you should explore the reefs and rainforests of North Queensland
In Australia’s Cairns airport, David Attenborough looks down on us as we collect our bags. His familiar smiling face is on a huge billboard, with some of his equally huge quotes. They adore Sir David in this part of the world and it’s not hard to see why. He has described tropical North Queensland as his favourite place in the world.
“It has, for a naturalist, everything” he says. “An amazing rainforest, which is quite unlike any other rainforest in the world.” Not only that, he adds: “Down on the coast it has the Great Barrier Reef.”
I conclude that if it’s good enough
