The Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary is located at Bli Bli, around 1.5hrs north of Brisbane. The area is rich in biodiversity and contains dry eucalypt forests, rainforest, melaleuca forest, casuarina woodland, salt marsh and mangroves. It is interesting to note that one of south east Queensland’s largest stands of Mangrove Fern, Acrostichum speciosum, grows amongst the melaleucas. There are also 200 species of birds, as well as crabs, butterflies, reptiles, fish and other wildlife species that frequent the wetlands.