GREAT BARRIER REEF! (coral reef environment)

I LOVE THIS PLACE!
I arrived at the boating dock to get on my cruise, it was packed.

Once i finally found a seat i just sat back and relaxed and looked at the

spectacular views of the Great Barrier Reef!

The cruise boat stopped and informed all passengers that we were at the
stop where you went snorkalling, this was my stop. I was very excited as i
got of the boat. As i walked over to the instructor, he spoke to us a bit,

telling us about everything that we might find and he also gave us a bit
of a lesson about the Great Barrier Reef.

When i got my snorkalling gear on i was set, i dived into the water and i

was amazed about everything i saw- turtles, fish, coral and much more.

After snorkalling, i got back on my cruise boat and as we were going around
the beautiful coral reef, there was a man on board telling us information about

everything we went past.

Here is so useful information about the reef that i learnt whilst on my Cruise Boat!

- The Great Barrier Reef was established in 1975.

- Largest protected marine area in the world!

- It is approximately 348,700 square kilometres in area and approximately 2,300 kilometres long.

- Washed by the warm waters of the South-West Pacific Ocean

- The waters of the Great Barrier Reef provide the world's busiest and most varied marine habitats.

- The reef contains over 2,900 reefs which includes 760 fringing reefs, and 300 coral cays.

- Home to approximately;

- 1,500 species of fish
- 400 species of corals
- 4,000 species of molluscs
- 500 species of seaweed
- 215 species of birds
- 16 species of sea snake
- 6 species of sea turtle

I learnt much more about The Great Barrier Reef which i will add on to this post later :)

Talk soon, xx