The bioregion is home to eucalypt forests and woodlands, with rainforests on mountain slopes and in stream valleys and wallum heaths near the coast.

It is bounded on the west by the Great Dividing Range, and on the east by the Tasman Sea.

It is bounded on the north by the dry coastal region between Gladstone and Rockhampton, where the Brigalow Belt savannas extend to the coast.

The Brigalow Belt also bounds the bioregion to the west, beyond the Great Dividing Range.

[3] The bioregion includes the Gondwana Rainforests and Fraser Island World Heritage Sites.