The town of Seventeen Seventy is the closest access point to the reef and was named after the year Captain James Cook arrived in Australia.

The best way to get around the Great Barrier ... Virgin Australia Airlines, Jetstar Airways and Qantas. From Hamilton Island, you can easily hop on a plane or boat to explore the reef's ...

A father tried in vain to save his teenage son before both drowned off the coast of Australia ... at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. His 17-year-old son Owen was close by when he ...

Townsville, Australia ... of the world, the Great Barrier Reef is 2,300km long -- roughly the length of Italy -- and is the only living organism that can be seen from space.

"Snorkel at Moore reef, Australia." Harry Otoi "Scuba Diving the Great Barrier Reef with "Crush"" Courtesy of Flickr user University of Denver. "Great Barrier Reef" Courtesy of Flickr user ...

Seventeen Seventy is a coastal town at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef and was named after the year Captain James Cook arrived in Australia.

The two British tourists who drowned off the coast of a popular tourist town at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef have been ... Capt James Cook arrived in Australia.

As long as people have been visiting the Great Barrier Reef, they've been obsessed with it. Under the shimmering turquoise waters of ... boat heads toward the outer reef, white caps and grey ...

Two British tourists who drowned while swimming at a beach near the Great Barrier Reef have been named as ... town of Seventeen Seventy in Queensland, Australia, on Sunday, April 13.

Fiji Airways has launched a new route to Cairns, Australia from Nadi, Fiji. Cairns is known as the “gateway to the Great Barrier Reef” due to its proximity to the Coral Sea. When combined ...

A father and son from the UK have drowned while swimming at a beach near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. A 17-year-old boy and a 46-year-old man entered the water on Sunday around 2pm local ...

A 46-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy from Britain drowned after being swept into rough waters off the Queensland coast in Australia ... end of the Great Barrier Reef. The area attracts large ...