Great Barrier Reef

ReefAustraliaUNESCO World HeritageProtected area

The largest coral reef system on Earth, stretching over 2,300 kilometres and visible from space, home to thousands of marine species.

Highlights

New South Wales, Australia

A dissected sandstone plateau of eucalyptus forests, dramatic escarpments and the Three Sisters rock formation west of Sydney.

Queensland, Australia

One of the oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforests on Earth, meeting the Great Barrier Reef where forest fringes the coast.

Northern Territory, Australia

A colossal sandstone monolith rising from the arid Red Centre, sacred to the Anangu people and shifting through deep reds at sunrise and sunset.