Australia’s Natural wonder

THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

• The Great Barrier Reef has 1/3 of the worlds soft coral.

• It has 360 types of hard coral.• 24 seabirds live there.• The Great Barrier Reef is 500,000 years old.• The coral grows 1cm per year.• There are 6 types of marine turtles that live

there they are all threatened.

INTERESTING FACTS

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• The Great Barrier Reef stretches longer than the Great Wall of China!!!

• The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest group of coral reefs!

• It stretches 2,300 (1,430 miles) along Queensland.

• The Great Barrier Reef has 800 types of sea urchins.

MORE FACTS

• People didn’t have to build it because it’s a natural wonder.• More people visit Australia and

that makes more money for Australia.• It is a good place to learn about

fish.

YELLOW HAT FACTS

• Some things could be poisonous when you touch them.

• When tourists come to visit they leave their rubbish there and the reef gets polluted.

• If you go diving you could meet a shark, stingray or something bad.

BLACK HAT FACTS

NEMO(S)!!!!!!!!!!!

MORE PICTURES!!!

• It is a majestical and interesting place to learn about fish.

• I would like to visit the Great Barrier Reef one day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RED HAT FACTS

• Room 6 could go there on a class trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!• I could go snorkelling there when

I’m older!

GREEN HAT FACTS

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