WORLD'S LARGEST SEA GARDEN

• The Great Barrier Reef is classed as the single largest living organism in the world, spanning a total distance of over 2600km from the Torres Strait in the North to the Fraser Island area in the South
• The Great Barrier Reef is comprised of over 900 individual islands
• The widest sections of the Great Barrier Reef reach over 65 kilometres at their largest areas
• Over 1500 species of tropical fish, 400 different types of coral, 200 types of birds and 20 types of reptiles are just some of the lifeforms which inhabit the reef
• The Great Barrier Reef is one of the few Australian features that can be seen from space
• The Great Barrier Reef is a UNESCO World Heritage area and listed as one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World”
• The Great Barrier Reef covers an overall area that is larger than the size of Italy
• The Great Barrier Reef draws over a million visitors from all over the world each year
• In terms of the Australian economy, the Great Barrier Reef alone generates over 6 billion dollars worth of revenue per year
• Around 10 percent of the world’s total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef.
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