The Great Barrier Rift

What is it ?
One of Australia's most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world's largest coral reef. The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays and literally hundreds of pictures tropical islands with some of the worlds most beautiful sun-soaked, golden beaches.

A natural Wonder
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world, and pulling away from it, and viewing it from a greater distance, you can understand why. It is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space.

Attractions
The reef is an attractive place where many attractions were originally designed : -Helicopter Flight -Diving -WindSurfing

Championship windsurfing

Overview of the Barrier Reef Helicopter

Diving

Species of animals
-CARAIBES PERCHETTE -POISSON CHIRURGIEN -Clown Fish

-TURTLE

-POISSON RAIE

Over 1500 different colorful tropical fish ... the clown fish "Nemo" is particularly renowned. Since 1975, this colorful environment, unique in the world is protected.

Species of Corals
Pavona Cnidaire Hydraire

Anemone

Pamurecia

Great Barrier Rift : UNESCO

The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It the world's most extensive stretch of coral reef and is probably the richest area in terms of faunal diversity in the world. Its great diversity reflects the maturity of an ecosystem which has evolved over millions of years on the north-east continental shelf of Australia. The site contains a huge diversity of species including over 1,500 species of fish, about 360 species of hard coral, 5,000 species of mollusc, and more than 175 species of bird, plus a great diversity of sponges, anemones, marine worms and crustaceans, among others.

The reef system, extending to Papua New Guinea, the reef comprises some 2900 individual reefs of all sizes and shapes covering more than 20,000 km2. There are approximately 600 continental islands including many with towering forests and freshwater streams, and some 300 coral cays and unvegetated sand cays. A rich variety of landscapes and seascapes, including rugged mountains with dense and diverse vegetation and adjacent fringing reefs, provide spectacular scenery.