Australia's Great Wonder - The Great Barrier Reef

Welcome to the Great Barrier Reef
One of Australia's most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world's largest coral reef. The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays and literally hundreds of picturesque tropical islands with some of the worlds most beautiful sun-soaked, golden beaches.

A Natural Wonder
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world, and pulling away from it, and viewing it from a greater distance, you can understand why. It is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space.

The marine park stretches over 3000km (1800 miles) almost parallel to the Queensland coast, from near the coastal town of Bundaberg, up past the tip of Cape York. The reef, between 15 kilometres and 150 kilometres off shore and around 65 Km wide in some parts, is a gathering of brilliant, vivid coral providing divers with the most spectacular underwater experience imaginable.

A closer encounter with the Great Barrier Reef's impressive coral gardens reveals many astounding underwater attractions including the world's largest collection of corals (in fact, more than 400 different kinds of coral), coral sponges, molluscs, rays, dolphins, over 1500 species of tropical fish, more than 200 types of birds, around 20 types of reptiles including sea turtles and giant clams over 120 years old.

The Great Barrier Reef is a breeding area for humpback whales, migrating from the Antarctic and is also the habitat of a few endangered species including the Dugong (Sea Cow) and large Green Sea Turtle. In recognition of its significance, UNESCO listed the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site in 1981.

Because of its natural beauty, both below and above the water's surface, the Great Barrier Reef has become one of the worlds most sought after tourist destinations.

In 2006 there were approximately 820 operators and 1500 vessels and aircraft permitted to operate in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park providing ease of access for all to experience the Great Barrier Reef and learn first hand about its natural delights and World Heritage values.

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[HELLFIRE2753]

OMG i just love the Great Barrier Reef its so beautiful my grandfather has been there before he said it was great getting to be in the water with the fish i love the music to this.

[flyingfreedomxx]

i loved snorkelling there, and your music is brilliant!

[blackopszombie1]

I'm sorry but did you just get random pics from google images ?

[Mackaykz]

красота

[vsboy25]

its the only living thing on earth visible from space thats awesome, but too many box jellyfish around that reef and massive sharks.

[Barcelonabeauty]

Simply AWESOME !! please keep it like that forever . Can not wait to go there!

[Spotlightonline]

The first minute of your crap video is blowhole text about how great it is. Frankly, it's the best bit.

[claudshow07]

can you not put words ? -.-" it takes such a LONG time to load. i never got to see the whole video by the end of my humanities class.

[PLkurwa]

hey guys arent u afraid of sharks?

[rolihess1945]

I was on the Great Barrier Reef too last winter. IT WAS AWESOME !!!!! my best holiday in my whole Life !!! Cannot wait to go again. REALLY AMAZING !!! HEAVEN ON EARTH !!!