THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

The Great Barrier Reef is located at the very top of Northern Queensland. You can get from the beach to the reef on boat.

The Great Barrier Reef’s beach is located on the brink of Cairns.

The ways to travel in the Great Barrier Reef is to snorkel and you can sail around the Great Barrier Reef on boat.

You can travel around in cars in the streets of Cairns and you can travel on glass floored ferry’s around the reef.

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If you wanted to get to cairns on plane you would have to go to the Sydney airport and catch a flight to the Brisbane international airport

You can stay at surfers paradise. It is only a short drive to the Great Barrier Reef. To get to surfers paradise from the Brisbane airport you can catch a taxi.

The best time to go to the Great Barrier Reef is between June and November. That is when the weather is mild and the reef is at its best.

The Great Barrier Reef area/Cairns produces a home for over 64000 people

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most famous natural landmarks because of its beauty and amount of sea life that lives there. It has become a main tourist attraction in Australia. It is a world heritage sight.

The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest coral reef with over 2900 different reefs and 900 islands. It stretches over 2300 kilomiteres.

Cairns is the closest coastal city to the Great Barrier Reef.

INTERESTING FACTS

• The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure in the world!
• The coral reefs are around 8000 years old but some coral is 500 million years old

POPULATION AT THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

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