Cairns Marine Park Far North Queensland Aerial Photos
As these stunning aerial photographs of the Cairns Marine Park show, the Great Barrier Reef is a major draw card for tourists with its magnificent scenery and water activities. The Cairns Marine Park is now a part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which stretches for approximately two thousand kilometers, from Bundaberg in the south to Cape Tribulation in the north. Add to Description →
Cairns Marine Park Information
The Reef is world Heritage listed and the Park maintains protection for this natural world of wonder. The Cairns Marine Park is the most visited with more than 47% of the total tourism for the reef. Tourists come for its magnificent reefs and abundant marine life, including dolphins, whales, turtles and a variety of sea birds. Reef fish seen in the area will amaze you with their varied colours and some areas of the reef are open for snorkeling and scuba diving.
Cairns is well and truly the centre of the tourist industry. With its Wet Tropics World Heritage Rainforests to the west and the Cairns Marine Park to the west, tourists and locals have a diverse playground at their front door.