Friday, September 19, 2008

Day 139 - 140 Green Island


Green Island is a very unique island. It is one of 300 sand cays on the Great Barrier Reef, but it is the only one with a rainforest. A true coral cay, Green Island is around 6000 years old and was formed by a build up of sand sediments, animal and coral deposits to above sea level. It is 15 hectares (approx 37 acres) in size and takes around 45 minutes to walk around. It was very commercial and over 300,000 people visit every year. The wind blew and blew so we only stayed for one night.

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