Daintree, settlement in North Queensland located 111 kilometres north of Cairns and 56 kilometres from Port Douglas, Queensland. The McDowell Ranges are near the town while the Daintree River flows nearby. It takes its name from Richard Daintree, a pioneering geologist of British origin in North Queensland in the 1860's. Daintree was first settled in the late 1870's and early 1880's by timber workers seeking Toona Australis commonly (if incorrectly) known as cedar in the nearby Daintree Rainforest. There were sizeable stocks of "cedar" near the Daintree River. Loggers moved stock down the coast for transport using lashed rafts.