Great Barrier Reef
Sprawling coral reef system of thousands of individual reefs, the largest living structure on Earth.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns opens with a real wreck: the night in seventeen seventy when Captain James Cook's Endeavour struck it and the crew threw six cannons overboard to survive. From there it traces what that shoal actually is, not a single reef but thousands of them, built up by coral into the largest living structure on Earth. It also turns to the reef's condition today, right where you're standing. Good to hear anywhere along the water's edge, looking out toward open sea.
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