The Great Barrier Reef stretches over 2,300 kilometres off Queensland’s northeast coast, wrapping around the Whitsunday Islands and lapping against the coral cays of Heron Island and the sandy shores of Port Douglas. It isn’t a single spot but a patchwork of outer reefs, lagoonal waters and protecte...
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