If you need to forget about the world of office and work – go to the islands of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef is a unique alive creature with length for more than 2000 km. It started to form 10 000 years ago and this reef continues forming nowadays.

The situated along the reef tropical islands attract the tourists from all over the world because of their beauty: bright corals and coral reefs, the white sand of the beaches, an amazing life of water creatures and wonderful opportunities of active rest.

Because of never-ending summer warmth, the water remains warm and transparent the whole year. The most magnificent thing in the Great Barrier Reef is its climate. It is very hot, subtropical with constant temperature during the whole year.

This eighth world’s wonder is the biggest coral reef in the world, consisting of 2500 reefs – from small to huge ones.

These reefs make up 71 coral islands. Most of the reefs are under water, they only can be seen during the ebb. They make up an opal colored chain among the blue ocean. Some reefs surround white coral islands with amazing flora and animals like crown-of-thorns starfish, green sea turtle, and so on. Around 125 species of shark, stingray, skates or chimera live on the Great Barrier Reef. The irukanji jellyfish also lives on the reef. Over 5000 species of mollusk have been recorded on the Great Barrier Reef.

Billions of coral polyps form the basis of the Barrier Reef. This is an amazing colorful world of tropical fish, mysterious caves, beautiful corals and wonderful plants.

Due to its various biodiversity this reef system has become the center of ecology and tourism. There are more than 400 kinds of corals and 1500 kinds of tropical fish – this is a dream of a scuba diver! Daily offered boat trips are also offered there. Queensland government control the fishing industry in Barrier Reef.