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Australia's Green Cauldron
Australia's Green Cauldron is a distinctive Australian landscape of natural and cultural significance which stretches from Byron Bay to Queensland’s Gold Coast, and west towards the Great Dividing Range. Its vast expanse of subtropical rainforest offers a window onto Australia’s prehistoric past. Its plants and animals have a genetic history that stretches back to the super continent known as Gondwana.

Distinctive and diverse, the area is an ancient landscape ripe with natural beauty. Curtained by a breathtaking rim of mountain ranges the Green Cauldron is a caldera of lush subtropical rainforest, rolling hills and a dark alluvial soil. As one of the best preserved remains of a volcanic shield it is characterised by exceptional levels of biodiversity and unrivalled scenic beauty. Flanked by the Pacific Ocean Australia’s Green Cauldron is also home to the famous beaches of Byron Bay; Australia's most easterly point, as well as over 32,000 hectares of World Heritage listed National Parks.

The centre piece of the region is Mount Warning. Captain James Cook gave the mountain its ominous name after his ship almost ran aground on the nearby reefs. He wanted to warn other 18th century mariners against sailing too close to this unchartered coast.

Known by the local Aboriginal people as Wollumbin, which means cloud catcher, Mount Warning is a place of both geographical and spiritual significance to the indigenous Bundjalung people. It's caldera were formed more than 20 million years ago after a massive eruption caused the walls of this now extinct volcano to collapse. Its forests have provided a plentiful supply of food, medicines and materials for generations of Bundjalung people. To this day, Wollumbin remains a sacred place of clan lore, initiation and spiritual education