Blacktip Shark

Heron Island - Snorkeling

---

October 8th 2012
Every day a few groups got to take the boat out to the reef shelf to snorkel in deeper water that had a more complex reef habitat. Yes, the Great Barrier Reef is everything that you’ve imagined and probably even better. There were giant schools of fish everywhere and we could swim right through the middle of them. Canyons of coral covered the entire floor so we could dive between the gaps and pe ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Heron Island

---

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more