The Land Down Under can, perhaps, refer to more than just the continent of Australia, with its weird and wonderful animal and floral kingdoms. Under the surface of the sea, off Australia's north Queensland coast, a region awaits the diver that is remarkable, alluring and astounding. It is the largest living organism on earth and the only one that is visible from outer space. It is one of the world's great liveaboard dive cruise destinations - the Great Barrier Reef.
Vibrant corals harbour fantastic reef life running the gamut from minute macro critters a plenty, to the giants of the ocean, both gentle and fierce, and everything in between. Diving the Great Barrier Reef means year round diving in tropical waters that are almost perpetually calm. A plethora of marine life and a multitude of activities, both on and off the reef, from the nearby city of Cairns, means that a liveaboard diving trip is always a memorable one.
Located off the coast of north Queensland and stretching for over 2,000 km, the Great Barrier Reef consists of distinctive sections that include the high quality liveaboard diving of the Coral Sea (Ribbon and Osprey reefs), as well as the Cairns Barrier Reef which is more suited for beginners and students, and for those with limited time or budgets.
The Cairns Barrier Reef liveaboard trips operate only about 50 km off shore and provide easy diving around coral bommies and reef flats. You can expect to see many schools of fish, a broad range of reef critters, large groupers and wrasses as well as white tip reef sharks. Coral coverage is impressive with boulder corals, table and plate corals. Bommies rise up from gullies and a landscape of staghorn-covered peaks and sandy valleys. The diving here is not the best of what the Great Barrier Reef has to offer, but it represents a great entry-level cruise option and, with short and affordable dive tours, it is a popular choice. These liveaboards visit the reefs of Flynn, Milln, Pellowe, Saxon and Norman. [More details on these dive sites: Cairns].
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