Monday, March 20, 2023

AUSTRALIA ~ Hardy Reef - Great Barrier Reef - UNESCO ~

... Great view of the renowned Hardy Reef located in the beautiful Whitsunday Islands famous for their rugged, green-clad islands, blue waters and white sands... Hardy Reef has spectacular colourful soft and hard corals and an abundance of marine life along the Reef walls... it's one of the hundreds of Reef that made up the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system and the biggest living structure on the planet... an area so large that it can be seen from space... in biological terms, the Reef is home to a treasure trove of plants and animals, many of them as yet unknown to science... one of the seven wonders of the natural world... Thanks a lot Cathy!【ツ】

Photo: Craig Lamotte

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300km over an area of approximately 344,400km2 The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland.

Hardy Reef is 13km long and located 78.3km east of the Queensland coast from Airlie Beach. Visitors usually travel by boat, which takes approximately three hours. Helicopters and seaplanes also take visitors to Hardy Reef. 

The Great Barrier Reef was declared a World Heritage Area in 1981.


Stamp: 

Bungle Bungle Range
(Issued 22-08-2022)

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