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The Great Barrier Reef
Inside Australia's Hidden Underwater World
Cairns, the Whitsundays, Lizard Island and beyond: the complete guide to the largest coral reef system on Earth.
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Everything you need for The Great Barrier Reef.
The Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2,300 kilometres along the coast of Queensland, a maze of reefs, cays and islands you can see from space. It is a place to dive and snorkel, sail and fly over, and a reef under real pressure.
This guide explains how the reef works and how it is changing, the seasons and the reef calendar, and takes you region by region from the Far North to the Southern Reef, with dive and snorkel maps for each.
- Understand the reefthe living wall, reef science, Sea Country and a reef under pressure
- The seasonsthe dry and wet seasons and the reef calendar of spawning, whales and turtles
- Region by regionthe Ribbon Reefs, Port Douglas and the Daintree, Cairns, Townsville and the Palm Islands, the Whitsundays and the Southern Reef
- Dive and snorkel mapsfor every region
- 25 unmissable reef experiencesfrom the outer reef to Lady Elliot and Lizard Island
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A few of the spreads you will find in The Great Barrier Reef: our own maps, chapter openers and the pages that plan your trip.
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