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Great Barrier Reef

  • Address
    • Approx 300km (186mi) off the Capricorn Coast Queensland 368km (228mi) north of Brisbane
  • Transport
    • Cairns
    • Great Barrier Reef
    • to one of the islands
  • Website
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 07 4750 0700

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Lonely Planet review for Great Barrier Reef

Larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world. The 2000km (1240mi) conglomeration of colourful coral stretches along the Queensland seaboard and makes for some of the most spectacular diving landscape imaginable.