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public barge for a 45-minute calm crossing to the pristine and unique Fraser Island and his ultimate goal, Pile Valley, and a rainforest which exists on the sand.
It is the only rainforest in the world that grows out of the sand, with towering 50m tall satinay trees.
Harry was welcomed to Pile Valley with a traditional smoking ceremony to ward off evil spirits by members of the Butchulla People, the traditional owners of the land.
It is up to us now to protect this paradise
together for our children
now under protection. Prince Harry’s second stop was the iconic Lake McKenzie, where a Butchulla elder performed a “welcome-to-country” ceremony dipping foliage into the crystal-clear water and washing the Prince’s bare feet.
The dad-to-be, said: “It is up to us now to protect this paradise together – not just because it looks beautiful – but because it is an essential part of our existence and will continue to be for our children and their children’s children.”
Harry also joked that the plaque he was to unveil, marking the dedication, had already been unveiled by his father in Bundaberg during his tour of Australia in April.
He said: “Luckily we are both skilled at unveiling plaques – it runs in the family.” PRINCE HARRY ON QUEEN’S CANOPY FOREST The Duke was there to mark the forest’s dedication to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Initiative, a growing area of protected forests across the organisation’s 53 member states.
K’gari has 200,000 acres WELCOME Harry with Joe Gala at lake