Ok, I apologize if I am the 10th person to post this news story...I'm too lazy to search too hard to find out.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/920993.asp?0cv=CB10
Jason
http://www.msnbc.com/news/920993.asp?0cv=CB10
Jason
Great Barrier Reef---Protected
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Congrats Jep, you are the fourtyth...I mean first person to post that.
I'm glad that they are preserving the reef, I really wanted to get there before it was too far damaged and now I don't need to rush things quite as much.
I'm glad that they are preserving the reef, I really wanted to get there before it was too far damaged and now I don't need to rush things quite as much.
It's about time the GBR was protected from fishing. However what will the Australian government do about the pollution from fertilizer runoff and urban development? The first is pervasive as well and the agricultural developmenbt appears to be important in the country's economy. The Aussies I spoke with while I was there doubted that much would or could be done re: that issue.
Dive the Coral Sea instead is what my Aussie diver friends told me.
Dr. Bill
Dive the Coral Sea instead is what my Aussie diver friends told me.
Dr. Bill
clootie
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Diving in the Coral Sea is absolutely fantastic - but I think "as well as" diving the GBR, rather than "instead of" is better advice 
Could hardly disagree with you on diving both. If I'd had enough time in Cairns, I would have done just that!
Although somewhat disappointing, the GBR was still very much worth diving. Just wish I'd brought my camera.
Dr. Bill
Although somewhat disappointing, the GBR was still very much worth diving. Just wish I'd brought my camera.
Dr. Bill
clootie
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lucky enough to get a few return trips - enough to do two Coral Sea trips, the odd day dive from Cairns on GBR, and also a sail boat liveaboard from the Whitsundays - and it was none of it bad!
Sure miss it now I'm back in temperate climes. I have every intention of doing some diving in the UK.... but somehow I haven't got round to it yet!
Sure miss it now I'm back in temperate climes. I have every intention of doing some diving in the UK.... but somehow I haven't got round to it yet!
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