Reef Regeneration

The Great Barrier Reef follows the Queensland coast—from the remote tip of Queensland all the way down to the iconic Lady Elliot Island offshore from Bundaberg. This immense length of over 2000km spans 14 degrees of latitude, with the Reef home to a wide diversity of plants and animals (including more than 600 species of coral) along its reefs, islands, mangroves, and seagrass beds.

It is also the sea country home for many First Australians—more than seventy Traditional Owner groups—whose connections to the marine environment date back more than 60,000 years.

In 1975, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was declared.