Expanding along almost the entire coastline of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the natural wonders of the world. It is also the largest living system on earth, covering 2000km from the northern to southern sections, so large that it can even be seen from space.
The incredible diversity of animal and plant life is unmatched elsewhere, only rainforest diversity comes close to rivalling its abundance. The biodiversity includes over 350 species of coral, 2,000 species of fish and over 4,000 species of molluscs.
The Great Barrier Reef oceanarium is a beautiful example of a reef system containing a variety of tropical sharks, fish and invertebrate species living together in such a habitat.
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Land based pollution such as pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and other nutrients and sediment runoff from agricultural and grazing lands adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef pose a threat to many inshore reefs. more...
