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Great Barrier Reef

Australia, Papua New Guinea

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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Voting at the world’s most remote polling booth

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

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

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 [...]

Humpback whales approaching the Great Barrier Reef

Humpback whales have been sighted near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef weeks earlier than the huge mammals typically arrive there. The whales make an annual trip to the Great Barrier Reef, which is one of the 28 Finalists in the New7Wonders [...]

Canto-pop stars to sing the praises of the Great Barrier Reef in China

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

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.