Post by Owen on May 26, 2020 7:53:08 GMT
1 ~~~ Everything you need to know about visiting Australia's Great Barrier Reef ~ 19 February 2019 ~~~
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/oceania/australia/articles/The-Great-Barrier-Reef-Australia-Trip-of-a-Lifetime/
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is a place that generates superlatives – but instantly transcends them. Rated as one of the seven wonders of the natural world, it stretches for 2,300 kilometres (1,430 miles) along the Queensland coast – from Bundaberg to the Torres Strait.
In addition to being the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, this World Heritage Site is also the planet’s largest protected marine area, supporting 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc. Apart from a phantasmagoria of tropical fish, the reef is also home to whales, dugongs, turtles, reef sharks, dolphins and is an important bird habitat.
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/oceania/australia/articles/The-Great-Barrier-Reef-Australia-Trip-of-a-Lifetime/