Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
Hinchinbrook Channel from a launch showing the once pristine beauty of towering rainforest-covered peaks above estuaries with mangroves, now subject to marina development, etc. and so-called "eco-tourism" with detrimental and problematic effects on the diverse ecosystems. The area including mainland is an important southern limit of many species of terrestrial tropical fauna and flora.
Image No. 11-67Landscapes
Hinchinbrook Channel near Cardwell: picturesque and highly significant biogeographically; ecological integrity now problematic due to impacts of "ecotourist" developments
Hinchinbrook Channel, Queensland
November 1971
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