The Big Scrub Rainforest – A Journey Through Time
Only a few hundred years ago the Big Scrub was the largest continuous expanse of lowland subtropical rainforest in Australia, covering an area of 75,000 hectares around the present-day towns of Lismore, Ballina, Byron Bay and Mullumbimby. Today less than 1% of the former Big Scrub remains in scattered fragments of remnant rainforest. Its long-term survival is in doubt. These remnants are rich in diversity, supporting hundreds of species of flora and fauna and providing the only remaining habitat for some species.
Presented by Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy in partnership with Rous County Council, this book brings together writers, artists and photographers who ruminate on the past, present and future of these Gondwanan era rainforests.
Filled with contributions by expert authors who love this place, this beautiful book explores how the Big Scrub came to be, the ecological value it holds today, what it means to people and what its future might look like. It’s an intimate portrait drawn of the Big Scrub rainforest by the people who live amongst and those for whom it is a truly special place.
We think it’s an amazing resource to help you better understand the true importance of the Big Scrub; to help contextualise a complex ecosystem
Only a few hundred years ago the Big Scrub was the largest continuous expanse of lowland subtropical rainforest in Australia, covering an area of 75,000 hectares around the present-day towns of Lismore, Ballina, Byron Bay and Mullumbimby. Today less than 1% of the former Big Scrub remains in scattered fragments of remnant rainforest. Its long-term survival is in doubt. These remnants are rich in diversity, supporting hundreds of species of flora and fauna and providing the only remaining habitat for some species.
Presented by Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy in partnership with Rous County Council, this book brings together writers, artists and photographers who ruminate on the past, present and future of these Gondwanan era rainforests.
Filled with contributions by expert authors who love this place, this beautiful book explores how the Big Scrub came to be, the ecological value it holds today, what it means to people and what its future might look like. It’s an intimate portrait drawn of the Big Scrub rainforest by the people who live amongst and those for whom it is a truly special place.
We think it’s an amazing resource to help you better understand the true importance of the Big Scrub; to help contextualise a complex ecosystem
Only a few hundred years ago the Big Scrub was the largest continuous expanse of lowland subtropical rainforest in Australia, covering an area of 75,000 hectares around the present-day towns of Lismore, Ballina, Byron Bay and Mullumbimby. Today less than 1% of the former Big Scrub remains in scattered fragments of remnant rainforest. Its long-term survival is in doubt. These remnants are rich in diversity, supporting hundreds of species of flora and fauna and providing the only remaining habitat for some species.
Presented by Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy in partnership with Rous County Council, this book brings together writers, artists and photographers who ruminate on the past, present and future of these Gondwanan era rainforests.
Filled with contributions by expert authors who love this place, this beautiful book explores how the Big Scrub came to be, the ecological value it holds today, what it means to people and what its future might look like. It’s an intimate portrait drawn of the Big Scrub rainforest by the people who live amongst and those for whom it is a truly special place.
We think it’s an amazing resource to help you better understand the true importance of the Big Scrub; to help contextualise a complex ecosystem
