Australia has so much to offer, it is unique and diverse, being the 6th largest country by area in the world, with its mountain ranges and deserts, Australia also has the oldest and largest tracts of rain forest in the world. The Big Scrub, Northern New South Wales, covered 75,000 hectares from Byron Bay to Lismore, now less than 1% remains. Men cut all of the cedar trees down to be sent overseas and then the government ordered all trees were to be cut down right to the water line.