GREAT BARRIER REEF

The images in this section provide a glimpse of some of the beauty to be found on the Great Barrier Reef.

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 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres.

Besides providing a glorious vision of marine scenery, the Great Barrier Reef supports an extraordinary diversity of life both above and below the ocean.