November 09, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Best Beach Vacation
The world’s largest coral reef system, the Great Barrier Reef stretches almost 1500 miles into the Pacific from the tip of Queensland. Designated a Marine Park by the Australian government and a World Heritage Area by UNESCO, the reef is home to an extraordinary abundance of species and habitats. Snorkeling, diving and fishing are rightly popular along the reef, nowhere more so than on the Whitsunday Islands, where the silica sands and aqua waters of the Coral Sea create the perfect beach.
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July 09, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Island Vacation
From the Encyclopedia Britanica Andros island is largest island of The Bahamas, lying 25 miles (40 km) west of New Providence Island and about 125 miles (200 km) east-southeast of the U.S. state of Florida. Andros Island is The Bahamas’ natural wonder. The earth’s third-largest barrier reef (after Australia’s Great Barrier and Central America’s Belize Barrier Reef) lies adjacent to its shores. A mile-deep abyss—walled with coral and filled with whales, dolphin, marlin and all the wondrous reef animals—that’s called the Tongue of the Ocean, licks along Andros’ east coast.
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