It is among the southernmost platform reefs in the world. Despite its relatively high latitude, there is a wide variety of flora and fauna on the reef and in the surrounding waters, due to converging tropical and temperate ocean currents.
It is about 8.9km long by 6.3km wide. At low tide most of the reef flat is exposed, at high tide only one cay is visible, The Sound, 100 m by 70 m and one metre above sea level.
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian navy divers have removed an unexploded 45-kilogram (100-pound) bomb on a reef off the southeastern coast and a ship towed it to deeper waters because it posed a “significant risk” to the public ...Along with nearby MiddletonReef, Pritchard said it is the southernmost coral reef platform in the world.
Australian navy divers have removed an unexploded 45-kilogram bomb on a reef off the southeastern coast and a ship towed it to deeper waters because it posed a “significant risk” to the public ...Along with nearby MiddletonReef, Pritchard said it is the southernmost coral reef platform in the world.
The bomb was found by a fisherman on ElizabethReef near Lord Howe Island, about 340 miles off New South Wales, and he photographed his discovery and reported it to authorities ...It’s not going to ever get washed back up onto the reef ... Along with nearby Middleton Reef, Mr Pritchard said it is the southernmost coral reef platform in the world.
The Kimberley + NingalooReef... Further down the coast, Ningaloo Reef is where the likes of Pippa Middleton, Hemsworth and Matt Damon have traveled, staying at the uberluxe outback-meets–beach safari camp Sal Salis where one of many main attractions is swimming with whale sharks.