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Australia’s Natural wonder. The great barrier reef. Interesting facts. 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.
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Australia’s Natural wonder The great barrier reef
Interesting facts • 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.
More facts • 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.
Yellow hat 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.
BLACK 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.
RED HAT FACTS • It is a majestical and interesting place to learn about fish. • I would like to visit the Great Barrier Reef one day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREEN HAT FACTS • Room 6 could go there on a class trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! • I could go snorkelling there when I’m older!