Thursday, May 27, 2010

Scuba Diving In The Great Barrier Reef - Australia

World-famous dive sites dive the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Great Barrier Reef, on the east coast of Australia, is the only living organic collective on earth visible from space. Another man of the structure of the Great Wall in China.
This obstacle is considered one of the wonders and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. It is the largest coral reef ecosystems in the world. Life is so great, great diving and the sea and the beautiful scenery is enough.
Great Barrier Reef is more than 300 000 km and consists of more than 3,000 coral reefs. In deciding whether to dive can be huge in this enormous puzzle diving destination. In addition, there is a problem because many of the great opportunities you are satisfied.

One of the greatest threats to the reef, in particular coral is a crown of thorns starfish. This starfish eat corals and insatiable. Vast expanses of the underwater world, destroyed many cases, the crown of thorns starfish Do not try to die to save the reef near the sea stars not so, but like viruses increase the distribution of promised to increase their numbers.
Wreck diving is another popular activity. Several monuments, Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour. Another famous wreck of the HMS Pandora, which took place in 1791, his destiny. There are about 30 seats disaster, most of them open to diving the wreck.
About two million people a year visit means of approximately one billion U.S. dollars with coral pillar tourism economy, Eastern Australia. Because tourism is very important for the dollar, it is essential that the Australian economy to protect the reef from destruction, which protected in many ways. For the protection of fishing in certain areas and animals such as dolphins restricted, whales, dugong appears (Seal of the animals sometimes think Mermaid) is protected.
Adventurous divers, diving, shark-feeding to see. particularly ferocious man-eater, the great white shark. Divers are water-steel cages to view these sharks eat people in it. Divers are boat tours on the island and whale-watching cruises to the Great Barrier Reef to enjoy .

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