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Wet Tropics of Queensland
John booth New Zealand - 15-May-17
This year I traveled to revisit Kuranda by the slow train, a journey that allows plenty of opportunity of seeing the rainforest close up, and vistas of the Coral Sea in the distance.
Kuranda village however remained unchanged from the way it was when I last visited 25 years ago.
But this year I added different destinations:
a. The Daintree River with its ovrhanging foliage, abundant birdlife and the occasional crocodile.
b. Cape Tribulation Beach, where the rainforest meets the reef.
c. a cruise on Lake Barrine opened up a world of tall trees, fish, eels, snakes and turtles all living in and around its waters.
Read OnPurnululu National Park
John booth New Zealand - 14-May-17
I took the more comfortable route to this site by flying in a small aircraft from Kununurra to Bellburn Airfield, within the Purnululu National Park. This had the added advantage of seeing the extent of the Bungle-Bungles from the air.
From the airfield it was a short drive to the Cathedral Gorge, in the centre of the park and in the midst of dozens of the colourful beehive domes.
Took a hike into Cathedral Gorge, noted for its shade, and ever-changing colours. Visited one of the camps for overnight stays, but opted to return to Kununurra.
Read OnNingaloo Coast
John booth New Zealand - 14-May-17
This site is located in the remote north-west corner of Western Australia where it rarely rains, and the scrub hardly grows more than knee high, so provides no natural shade from the rays of the sun. In April,when it was a balmy 39degC and the flies were in abundance, I drove from Exmouth along the bitumen to its end at Yardie Creek. From here southwards 4WD vehicles are mandatory. The drive was 170 kms each way, and there are numerous beaches where stops can be made to inspect the reef and its occupants.
Read OnAustralian Fossil Mammal Sites
John booth New Zealand - 13-May-17
This year I visited the Northern part of this WHS : Riversleigh, Qld. The site is scattered over a large area, but section D is where some important finds have been made.
The finds however are not here, but have removed for study and processing to the Outback on Isa Museum in Mount Isa. They are readily accessible in the Riversleigh section, soaking in acid to remove some of the encasing limestone. This work is only in its infancy, and much is left to be discovered.
Read OnAustralian Convict Sites
John booth New Zealand - 13-May-17
This year I visited the 11th of the locations included in this WHS, the Fremantle Prison. Fremantle is connected by rail to the city of Perth WA.
The property is only accessible on a conducted tour, which takes you to the cells, kitchens, chapel, and exercise yards.
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Visited WHS
Reviewed WHS
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Purnululu National Park
- Ningaloo Coast
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
- Australian Convict Sites
- Mount Athos
- Thessalonika
- Archaeological Site of Aigai
- Meteora
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Mystras
- Epidaurus
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
- Island of Patmos
- Delos
- Gulf of Porto
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- Mount Etna
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- Serra de Tramuntana
- Causses and Cévennes
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Wadden Sea
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Australian Convict Sites
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
- Australian Convict Sites
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Lagoons of New Caledonia
- Australian Convict Sites
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain
- Rabat
- Medina of Tétouan
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Essaouira
- Mazagan
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska
- Kraków
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Centennial Hall
- Churches of Peace
- Zamość
- Warsaw
- Białowieża Forest
- Torun
- Malbork Castle
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Corfu
- Tallinn
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Paphos
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
- Stari Grad Plain
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Berat and Gjirokastra
- Butrint
- Levuka
- Komodo National Park
- Bali Subak system
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
- Lenggong Valley
- Longobards in Italy
- Ferrara
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Heritage of Mercury
- Skocjan Caves
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Sighisoara
- Dacian Fortresses
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Monastery of Horezu
- Pirin National Park
- Nessebar
- Madara Rider
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Danube Delta
- Churches of Moldavia
- Wooden Churches of Maramures
- Hortobágy
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- Vlkolinec
- Banska Stiavnica
- Litomysl Castle
- Kutna Hora
- Trebic
- Telc
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- Hollókö
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
- Ban Chiang
- Dong Phayayen
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Sukhothai
- Hué
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- Land of Frankincense
- Graz
- Semmering Railway
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Reichenau
- Dolomites
- Salzburg
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Rhaetian Railway
- Crespi d'Adda
- Mantua and Sabbioneta
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Genoa
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Verona
- Ferrara
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Aquileia
- Pienza
- Val d'Orcia
- San Gimignano
- Urbino
- Ravenna
- San Marino and Mount Titano
- Val di Noto
- Agrigento
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Naples
- Pompei
- Assisi
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Rome
- Bahla Fort
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Al Ain
- Selimiye Mosque
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
- Karlskrona
- Poblet Monastery
- Vall de Boi
- Tarraco
- Wadden Sea
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Luther Memorials
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Classical Weimar
- Lübeck
- Potsdam
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Bauhaus Sites
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Ancient Thebes
- Al Ain
- Te Wahipounamu
- Aflaj irrigation system
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
- Horyu-ji Area
- Kii Mountain Range
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shiretoko
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Flemish Béguinages
- Belfries
- The Four Lifts
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Loire Valley
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Vézelay
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Vézère Valley
- Saint-Emilion
- Bordeaux
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Lyon
- Strasbourg
- City of Luxembourg
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Schokland
- Beemster Polder
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Jeju
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Haeinsa Temple
- Neolithic Orkney
- Studley Royal Park
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Gwynedd Castles
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Stonehenge
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Bryggen
- West Norwegian Fjords
- Vegaøyan
- Røros
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Gammelstad
- Laponian Area
- Rock Art of Alta
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Old Rauma
- Sammallahdenmäki
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Petäjävesi Old Church
- Falun Great Copper Mountain
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Birka and Hovgarden
- Visby
- Southern Öland
- Kronborg Castle
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Atapuerca
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Vizcaya Bridge
- Asturian Monuments
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Santiago de Compostela
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde
- Alto Douro
- Guimarães
- Oporto
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Evora
- Belem
- Sintra
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- Caceres
- Mérida
- Donana National Park
- Seville
- Granada
- Úbeda and Baeza
- Ibiza
- Palmeral of Elche
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Avila
- Cuenca
- Salamanca
- Alcala de Henares
- Segovia
- Tongariro National Park
- Iguazu National Park
- Iguacu
- Valparaiso
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Toledo
- El Escurial
- Incense Route of the Negev
- Old City of Acre
- Biblical Tells
- Kinabalu Park
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Royal Exhibition Building
Visited TWHS
Reviewed TWHS
Top 50 Missing Sites
- Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library
- Bagan
- Cultural Landscape of Santorini
- Dzongs of Bhutan
- Fortified City of Famagusta
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry
- Jebel Shams, Wadi Nakhur, and Wadi Ghul
- Middle and Upper Sepik
- Okavango Delta
- Pharaonic Temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu
- Plain of Jars / Sites Mégalithiques de la province de Xieng Khouang
- Railways of the Andes
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Silk Roads
- Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan
- Tanna Island
- Transiberian Railway
- Triple arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan
- Varanasi
- Vatnajökull National Park
Top 200 WHS
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- Kuk
- Laponian Area
- Alto Douro
- Saint-Emilion
- Palmeral of Elche
- Acropolis
- Agrigento
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Delos
- Butrint
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Pont du Gard
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Aquileia
- Arles
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Fez
- Samarkand
- Luang Prabang
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Bahá’i Holy Places
- Sigiriya
- Borobudur
- Kii Mountain Range
- Kandy
- Haeinsa Temple
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Humayun's Tomb
- Thessalonika
- Nessebar
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Lalibela
- Bethlehem
- Vatican City
- Saint Catherine Area
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Vall de Boi
- Mtskheta
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Churches of Moldavia
- Canterbury
- Urnes Stave Church
- Baroque Churches
- Reims
- Island of Patmos
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Petäjävesi Old Church
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Westminster
- Sydney Opera House
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Kinderdijk
- Aflaj irrigation system
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- Great Zimbabwe
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Vigan
- Old Town of Galle
- Levuka
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Thingvellir
- Bali Subak system
- Uluru
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Loire Valley
- Incense Route of the Negev
- Causses and Cévennes
- Vegaøyan
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
- Serra de Tramuntana
- Namib Sand Sea
- Sian Ka'an
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Nubian Monuments
- Grand Canyon
- Ancient Nara
- Gyeongju
- Komodo National Park
- Galapagos Islands
- Ngorongoro
- Białowieża Forest
- Kinabalu Park
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Yosemite National Park
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Te Wahipounamu
- Chola Temples
- Prambanan
- Temple of Heaven
- Nikko
- Fraser Island
- Qutb Minar
- Selimiye Mosque
- Gunung Mulu
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- West Norwegian Fjords
- Ningaloo Coast
- Lagoons of New Caledonia
- Wadden Sea
- Gulf of Porto
- Maritime Greenwich
- Hoi An
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Valparaiso
- Brugge
- Telc
- Gammelstad
- Quedlinburg
- Trogir
- Sighisoara
- Guimarães
- Vilnius
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Genbaku Dome
- Australian Convict Sites
- Gwynedd Castles
- Himeji-jo
- Bahla Fort
- Masada
- Tower of London
- Kronborg Castle
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Heritage of Mercury
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Petra
- Al Ain
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
- Blenheim Palace
- Schönbrunn
- Summer Palace
- Willandra Lakes
- Mount Carmel Caves
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens
- Villa d'Este
- St. Petersburg
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Vlkolinec
- Zamość
- Úbeda and Baeza
- Mesa Verde
- Machu Picchu
- Tikal National Park
- Stonehenge
- Biblical Tells
- Ban Chiang
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Kenya Lake System
- Victoria Falls
- Lake Baikal
- Okavango Delta
- Iguazu National Park
- Plitvice Lakes
- Danube Delta
- Vézère Valley
- Rock Art of Alta
- Twyfelfontein
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Angkor
- Ayutthaya
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Forth Bridge
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Land of Frankincense
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Matera
- The trulli of Alberobello
- Berat and Gjirokastra
- Old City of Acre
- Oporto
- Cordoba
- Brasilia
- Pienza
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- Isole Eolie
- Jeju
- Tongariro National Park