Labels:text | newspaper | water | outdoor OCR: TRAVEL You can view it all from a glass-bot- tomed or semi-sub- mersible vessel, or just dive into the dazzling expanse of undersea garden, where visibility ex- tends for up to 60 metres and the wa- ter is teeming with 2,000 varieties of largest marine park in There is more than one way tropical fish-the the world. to savour the underwater only things more Like underwater jun- sights of the Great Barrier colourful than the gles, coral reefs flour- Reef coral around you. ish in the warm tropi- And you don't need to be a scuba-diving expert. cal seas and support Snorkelling is the way many people, especially chil- a diverse and dense dren, enjoy the wonders of the Reef. population of 10,000 Nevertheless, the underwater reef experience is species of sponge, so enticing that many visitors of all ages who start 350 species of coral, 4,000 species of molluscs, with snorkelling soon progress to scuba diving. The 350 species of echinoderms and more than 1,500 conditions are perfect for learning in any of the species of fish. Divers estimate it would take a many registered diving schools and once you're thousand dives just to see the Reef's highlights. qualified, the rewards are spectacular-as you
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