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Tag Archives: Opal Reef

Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef

Posted on June 17, 2018 by colinmathers
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I posted some photos of our July 2017 trip to the Great Barrier Reef here recently (A-trip-to-the-great-barrier-reef). Here is a 3 min video of my younger son and myself snorkelling on Opal Reef, 54 km off the Queensland coast at Port Douglas.

Posted in Memories, Rivers, Travel | Tagged Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Opal Reef, Port Douglas, snorkelling | Leave a reply

A trip to the Great Barrier Reef

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Posted on May 30, 2018 by colinmathers

In July last year, I took my two boys to the north of Queensland to spend a week at Cairns and Port Douglas, diving on the Great Barrier Reef and also doing trips inland to rainforest and the Daintree River. … Continue reading →

Posted in Memories, Rivers | Tagged Australia, coral, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Hastings Reef, Low Isles, Michaelmas Cay, Opal Reef, Upolo Cay | 1 Reply

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