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Shark Attacks Teenager off Heron Island Australia

January 1, 2010

Heron Island, Australia, Dec 20th 2009: An Australian teenager is in a stable condition in Hospital after being attached by a Shark, while diving off the coast of Heron Island in Queensland. John Pengelly, 19 yrs old,  was diving with two friends at Lamont Reef off Heron Island when a three-meter bull shark bit him [...]

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The Very Best Of The Great Barrier Reef, Australia

November 10, 2009

The largest and most well known reef in the World is undoubtedly The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands that stretches over 3,000 kilometers (1,600 miles) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers (133,000 sq miles), home to 1,500 species of fish, [...]

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Rubbish Killing Australia’s Sea Turtles

November 9, 2009

Turtles are dying in record numbers because of rubbish and plastic bags thrown into the ocean. A study conducted in Australia found that out of 100 dead sea turtles including loggerheads and green turtles found washed up on the coast of Queensland, over 35 percent of them died by ingesting rubbish or plastic bags. Plastic [...]

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