The Discovery Of The Great Barrier Reef; Ocean Safari

The Great Barrier Reef, Ocean Safari, Aboriginal What is now home to tour companies like Ocean Safari, it was long known to the Aboriginal peoples, and despite being accidentally discovered by the French in 1768, the Great Barrier Reef had no name until 1770, when Captain James Cook ran aground. He named this Endeavour Reef, after his ship, the Endeavour. Later, he named the headland Cape Tribulation, as, he wrote, ‘here began all our troubles.’ And yet, despite Cook’s difficult first encounter with Queensland, the area is now, rightly, known as a paradise, offering tropical rain forest, wildlife and coral reef.

The Great Barrier Reef, Ocean Safari, Aboriginal From the world-renowned Gold Coast in the south to Whitsundays, the Sunshine State, as Australians call it, is often the destination of choice for travellers. Islands of white beaches of tropical rain forest rise from the azure waters to rival any location on the planet. And yet, despite global fame, the northern tropics still harbour some of the remote beauty which first attracted Cook all those years ago. In fact, it wasn’t until 2002 that the first year-round road was opened to Cape Tribulation!

The Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Forest are served by fantastic tour guides who want to show off this incredible environment in an ecologically sustainable way. Ocean Safari are one such company, providing snorkelling, trekking, exhilarating ocean trips and rain forest relaxation. Visitors can sleep in the forests, rise with the sun on Myall Beach, breakfast at the Turtle Cafe and choose from a plethora of activities for the day.

In conjunction with Ocean safari, visitors can travel further south to the Whitsundays where a number of isolated and spectacular islands are waiting to be explored. Groups are no larger than 25 people, so relaxation is assured, whilst private charters are also available.

This is a world where dreams and imagination become reality, where the sand is white-gold and the ocean sparkles with sapphires, cobalts and indigos. So what are you waiting for? Head that little further north from the Gold Coast to find a real paradise, and let the local guides of Ocean Safari give you an experience to last a lifetime.

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