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An international monitoring mission representing the World heritage Centre / UNESCO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) visited north Queensland recently to assess the state of conservation of the GBR world heritage area.

They visited and also inspected from the air port development sites. As well as studied some of the key management approaches being applied to the GBR. This included the Vessel Management System (restricting travel through the reef areas ...

Hello and Happy Easter to all of you people enjoying an extended weekend break.

For those of you who got in early, there were some great overnight deals gong on for this weekend, but with the onset of the beautiful weather, and of course the holiday season kicking off, boats are filling up fast.

Taka is full until 13^th April and Kangaroo Explorer and Scubapro are not far behind. So if anyone is looking to book 2 or 1 night stays on the Outer Reef you had better ...

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Quite an eventful week on the boat front.

Kangaroo Explorer is back in the water an offering some great saving until the end of the month. 2 day 1 night trip is only $300!

Ocean Quest has sadly done its last run and is out of the water preparing for a years private charter. She is off to Western Australia to act as accommodation for one of the mining companies over there. Cheaper than building hoses and of course she stays moored up at the jetty. Not a bad place to live ...

With continuing beautiful summer weather and no signs of monsoonal rains, numbers on the Reef are certainly picking up.

Kangaroo Explorers repairs are taking longer than expected (she was blown up on the Reef a few weeks ago in the bad storms we had) but expects to be back in the water the first week of March, so fingers crossed.

Most companies have finished their annual refits so all scheduled trips are back to normal.

As for specials, thee will be fewer and

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Everyone knows the Great Barrier Reef is World heritage listed and is a marine Park, but do you know who actually looks after it?


Well the main body is called the Great Barrier Reef marine Park Authority or GBRMPA for short. They are responsible for the overall management.


But Government, industries and communities all have a part to play n its protection.
These partnerships range from formal agreements (like that with the Queensland Government for day ...

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