We need your help to create something very special...... 37 acres of brand new rainforest adjoining the World Heritage listed Daintree National Park. We are three committed people determined to create a legacy, but we need your assistance to help fund and plant 70,000 rainforest trees in six stages, starting December 2015 with the first 10,000 trees, to further increase wildlife habitat in the most bio-diverse region of Australia.

NightWings is an ambitious and unique project. A property has been purchased south of the Daintree River in Far North Queensland, backing onto the World Heritage listed Daintree National Park: an area recognised as having the highest biodiversity rate in Australia. This 37 acre (15ha) site will encompass a small area for low impact, ecologically sustainable Visitor, Education and Interpretive Centre, and Bat Hospital. We envisage to also build a café and gift shop in the future once the revegetation is established. The majority of the land is being turned over to the exciting task of turning old cane farm into complex lowland rainforest, combined with forest walks for a stunning and authentic ecotourism experience. The site already contains mature and new rainforest planting, and transects have revealed a myriad of fauna, including 11 EVNT (Endangered, Vulnerable, & Near Threatened) listed species. Government transects have revealed at least 65 additional species of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians on this property.

This new 37 acre (15ha) project will provide extended new habitat for The Southern Cassowary, Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo, Grey Goshawk, Grey Falcon, Raja Shelduck, Rufous Owl, Ghost bat, Large-eared Horseshoe bat, the endangered Australian Lace-lid Frog, Spectacled Flying-fox and flora such as the vulnerably listed Black Palm.

Divided into planting stages over 6 years, the whole project will require over 70,000 trees to be planted. This will provide a fast-growing framework for animals to plant secondary seed direct from the surrounding forest. The first stage of 5.4 acres (2.2ha) (encompassing the visually-blended centre) will create a significant 60 metre wide corridor linking mature lowland rainforest to the mangroves at the Daintree River mouth for the first time in around 100 years.

Working with experts in regeneration like Rainforest Rescue, Douglas Shire Council and in consultation with the traditional Kuku Yalangi people, our aim is to create a centre of excellence in conservation, bat rehabilitation and ecologically diverse land management.

You can help be part of this significant project by donating a tree (or two or six or more). Stage 1 will be planted from December 2015 - March 2016, and will require 10,000 trees. Work has already begun on seed acquisition, germination and potting seedlings, but we still need to raise an additional $48,000 for the remaining required trees.

How We Will Use Your Contribution

As this land is old sugarcane fields it is going to require 3 stages of land preparation before the trees can be planted and will require ongoing weed control for at least 2 years after planting until established.

Every $10.00 will provide funds for this land preparation and the growth, watering, planting, weed control and maintenance of a tree. Each tree will provide just over one square metre of brand new rainforest.