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The Great Barrier Reef is the planet’s largest coral reef system, with some 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 km over an area of approximately 344,400 square km. It is the biggest single structure made by living creatures and can be seen from outer space.
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Island of the Great Barrier Reef
On the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef is Lady Elliot Island, a pristine coral cay with world class snorkelling and diving. Experience manta rays, colourful live corals, turtles everywhere, sharks, even whales and dolphins, and marine life of all types - large and small. The Great Barrier Reef truly is a natural wonder of the world!
Experience the Great Barrier Reef
From Bundaberg to the Northern tip of Queensland, there are so many ways to experience this natural wonder. FunTravelTV.com have produced a video to show you a few of the ways you can enjoy this spectacular and astounding living eco system. Whether you go for a day or keep coming back for a life time there is always something new and wonderful to experience.
Latest News on Great Barrier Reef
Voting at the world’s most remote polling booth
Australians are swimming and snorkelling to vote for the New7Wonders of Nature at the world’s most remote polling boot on the Great Barrier Reef. The booth was set up on the tiny sandbank island of Upolu Cay, 30 kilometres northeast [...]
Facebook app for Australian New7Wonders of Nature Finalists
The Australian government agency responsible for marketing the country as a travel destination, Tourism Australia, has launched a Facebook application to generate support for Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef Finalists in the New7Wonder of Nature campaign. The app invites [...]
The Bay of Fundy celebrates World Ocean’s Day
Today, June 8, is World Oceans Day, a global initiative to celebrate and build awareness about the importance and need to conserve the world’s oceans. This year, Canada’s most significant ocean bay, the Bay of Fundy, is a finalist in [...]
Canto-pop stars to sing the praises of the Great Barrier Reef in China
Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi have been picked by Tourism Tropical North Queensland to promote the region’s beauty to Australia’s fastest-growing tourist market: China. The two megastars, known in Asia as the “Twins”, of Canto-pop will appear in social media [...]
Canada and Australia Partner in New7Wonders Campaign
It's Australia Day today and to mark the occasion, Tourism Australia and Bay of Fundy Tourism have come together in a marvellous example of trans-national cooperation. Terri McCulloch, Executive Director, Bay of Fundy Tourism, waves the flags of both countries.