Australia Post released a set of stamps yesterday that will nationally showcase animals from North Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
Australia Post teamed up with the Wet Tropics Management Authority to develop the Tree-dwellers of the Tropics stamps illustrated by renowned wildlife artist Kevin Stead.
The stamps depict Australia’s largest tree-climbing mammal, the Bennett’s Tree-kangaroo, the Lemuroid Ringtail Possum which is only found in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, and the Spectacled Flying-fox.
The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is the most biodiverse environment in Australia and
covers almost 9000km2 extending from west of Townsville to just south of Cooktown.
Senior Project Officer for the Wet Tropics Management Authority, Terry Carmichael, said the stamp set was a great tool to help shine a light on some of the Wet Tropics’ incredible creatures and the threats they face to their continued existence.
“In Australia, we take a lot of our living national heritage for granted. These stamps will help raise the level of consciousness of these incredible animals in the minds of Australians,” he said.
