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QUIRKY FACTS

Astronauts can see the Great
Barrier Reef from space
The Great Barrier Reef is the size
of about 70 million football fields!
The Corals of the Great Barrier
Reef are between 20,000 and
120,000 years old

Ban the

What’Is an EMC?
Have you been fortunate enough plastic bag!
to visit the Great Barrier Reef
this holidays? Lucky YOU! For
every tourist that visits our natural
wonder of the world included in
your ticket price will be an EMC B G R E E N D T J P
(Environmental Management
charge). So what is the charge O D Q L E C S U R L
for?
It helps the Marine Park with the T S O C E A N R E A
day-to-day management of this T E R B O A T T E S
world heritage site and its long-
term resilience. Every little bit helps L A B I P B C L F T
... so thank you!
E C G C R H T E O I
S R D Y W A L K L C

H A C C L C A N J W
M B D L S T R A W Z
R W L E T S D G X L

Green Turtle Walk
Treat yourself to a holiday one,

Plastic Straw Reef
Don’t have a drink bottle yet?
refill at the tap and keep cool.
Bottle Bicycle Ocean
Run for the Reef

If health, fitness and fun is your thing then maybe
the Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival is for
you. Grab mum and dad or your friends and
race, jog or walk the 2km Junior Dash all whilst
raising money for the reef as 20% of all entry
fees go into the Run for the Reef Fund. For
those more experienced you can try your
hand at 5km or 10km.
Run for the Reef has raised over $80,000
used to fund key research projects such
as tracking Mantra Rays and Whale
Sharks. Cool!
runforthereef.com.au

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