| Australia needs no introduction when it comes to | | | | for the whales to come. |
| diving as it probably has the most famous diving | | | | Off the coast of Townsville is the wreck of the |
| location on the earth called the Great Barrier Reef. | | | | Yongala which was a luxury yacht that sunk in 1911, |
| The Great Barrier Reef stretches for a total of | | | | the 109m wreck ranks as one of the best dive sites |
| 2300km from Queensland to Papua New Guinea. | | | | in the world. |
| The Great Barrier Reef is not one reef but a mass | | | | The diving extends down south into New South |
| of 2900 connected reefs which makes it the largest | | | | Wales and Victoria. Lord Howe Island located near |
| reef system in the world and is home to over 1500 | | | | Sydney is one of the southern most coral reefs in |
| fish species and 400 kinds of corals and has over 30 | | | | the world. |
| species of whales and dolphins. | | | | The waters get cooler as the further south we go |
| The Reef has been a marine park since 1975 and can | | | | and the waters of Melbourne you will find fur seals |
| be divided in 4 sections, the northern area is a little | | | | and dolphins as well as many wrecks. Around |
| visited section, the popular Cairns and central section | | | | Tasmania you find the kelp forests and sponge |
| and the southerly Capricorn section in the south. Each | | | | gardens and also have taken there fair share of |
| year almost two million visits go to the Barrier Reef | | | | wrecks too. |
| and will use Cairns and Port Douglas for day trips and | | | | In the western side of Australia you will find Ningaloo |
| liveaboards. | | | | reef that is famous for its whale sharks, the reef is |
| Cairns liveaboard operates say there is a chance to | | | | from the Coral Bay to Exmouth. |
| see Minke whales in the cooler months of the years | | | | Divers looking for sometime more extreme might |
| which are the month of June and July. As the Minkes | | | | want look at the caves under the desert of Nullarbor |
| are curious the dive boats will just anchor and wait | | | | Plains. |