Great Barrier Reef - Australia

Saturday, October 13, 2012
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest paradise reef composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.

This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. This reef supports a wide diversity of life, where marine life is in colourful abundance, warm clear waters and you can snorkel, scuba dive, swim or just relax, the whale watching and also those who wish to stay on the reef overnight.


Accessibility from the tourist boats called 'live aboards', a variety of boat tours and cruises are offered, from single day trips, to longer voyages. Boat sizes range from dinghies to superyachts. Glass-bottomed boats and underwater observatories are also popular, as are helicopter flights. Tourism on the Great Barrier Reef is concentrated in the Whitsundays and Cairns. source: wikipedia

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