Bells Beach has crafted a reputation through surf culture and folklore as an internationally renowned surfing icon. As well as hosting the longest running annual international surfing contest, Bells Beach's surfing history is commemorated in its status as a Surfing Recreation Reserve.
Known as a whale hotspot and gateway to the Bremer Canyon, Bremer Bay is a small coastal community in the southwestern region of the Great Southern Reef.
“There really isn’t anywhere as pristine as Esperance” Jaimen Hudson emphasises as he describes his hometown and beautiful coastal surroundings it has to offer.
Beneath the rocky shorelines of Kangaroo Island, a colourful array or marine life thrives in the surrounding isolated and productive reefs.
Pearson Island, SA
Pearson Island is an island located in the Australian state of South Australia within the Pearson Isles an island group located in the larger group known as the Investigator Group.
Rip Bank is a 100m deep trench and the ancient path of Melbourne’s Yarra River. Within around 800 meters of the heads, there is a shallow rocky flat known as the Rip Bank. The inequality of depth combined with extremely fast tidal streams which can reach over 6 knots.
100 years ago, Port Phillip was home to an extensive oyster and mussel reef system that supported a vast range of other sea life including not only a variety of marine animals, but also the sponges and seaweeds necessary to form a habitat and a thriving reef.
Sydney Harbour is one of the most biodiverse harbours in the world. More than 580 different species of fish and 2473 species of polychaetes, crustaceans, echinoderms and molluscs have been recorded in the waters of Sydney Harbour. And that’s what we currently know!
Rosetta Head, The Bluff, or known as Kongkengguwar by the Ramindjeri Australian Aboriginal people who traditionally live in the locality is a popular spot for recreational fishers, snorkellers and divers. The area is strewn with big granite boulders, stacked one on top of the other and covered in kelp, with big holes, ledges, swim throughs.
“Go slow and look hard,” is the advice that Tumby Bay local and underwater photographer, Jamie Coote (known as Yook by the locals), would give divers when searching out the famous leafy seadragon, indigenous to the Great Southern Reef.
One of South Australia’s most accessible seaside escapes; there's so much to see and do along kilometres of pristine coast on the Yorke Peninsula.
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People
Impactful people with a close connection to the Great Southern Reef.
Marine Life
The weird and wonderful creatures found along the Great Southern Reef.