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From Collier Bay to King Sound just north of Derby, lies a group of 800 or more scattered islands and low-lying reef known as the Buccaneer Archipelago. Lying crumpled and creased, the archipelago’s shores are notched with a myriad of mangrove estuaries, bays and sand beaches, plunging cliffs and rocky masses, rugged headlands and islands, and innumerable hidden reefs.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 11.05.2020
A favourite stopover for cruise vessels on the Kimberley coast. Camden Sound is a labyrinth of red cliffs and mangrove lined bays and inlets, dotted with small islands and rocky outcrops.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 08.05.2020
Rowley Shoals is a coral garden of Eden, with shelf atolls, coral gardens and giant clams famed as pristine and surpassing some of Australia's better known reefs.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 08.05.2020
Imagine an isolated beach of endless white sand, seashells and turquoise waters, stretching so far it would take more than a week to walk its length. Aptly named, Eighty Mile Beach is indeed long, stretching 220 kilometres and renowned as Australia's longest uninterrupted beach.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 08.05.2020
• An embayment of exceptional scenic beauty in the Kimberley.
• Horizontal Waterfalls is described by Sir David Attenborough as “one of the greatest natural wonders of the world”, where massive tides create intense currents between two narrow gorges resulting in a waterfall effect that is horizontal rather than vertical.
• Turtle Reef is a flourishing reef that survives in turbid intertidal conditions, challenging scientific dogma that corals need clear, oceanic water to prosper.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 06.05.2020
I am a predator species that lives on coral reefs.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 30.04.2020
Manta rays are the largest species of rays in the world.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 29.04.2020
Colour me in. The leafy seadragon is recognised by the leafy appendages on its body, the leafy seadragon can easily hide amongst the kelp covered reefs where they live.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 27.04.2020
Colour me in.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 27.04.2020
Colour me in.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 27.04.2020
Colour by numbers. Colour in the image by matching the number with the colour code. What is hiding in the sea?
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 27.04.2020
Colour me in. The Australian herring can be found nearshore (close to the coast), in estuaries and inshore reefs. They are very similar in appearance to juvenile salmon but herring have a much larger eye and black tips on their tail.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 27.04.2020
This presentation is associated with the Lesson: Save our seagrass
Resource type: PresentationLast updated: 02.04.2020
The common name 'sweetlip' is used in the Indian Ocean Territories to describe a couple of emperor species - the orange-striped emperor and the yellowlip emperor.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 01.04.2020
Two species of mullet are found in the lagoon at Cocos (Keeling) Islands; diamond scale mullet and sea mullet.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 01.04.2020
This is a downloadable version of the Beach Walk - South Coast data collection form.
Resource type: Student Resource SheetLast updated: 17.03.2020
This Teacher Resource Sheet is associated with the Lesson: A mangrove ecosystem
Resource type: Teacher Resource SheetLast updated: 12.12.2019
Seagrasses support highly productive and diverse ecosystems. These specialised marine plants are vitally important in the coastal environment because they are a source of food and shelter, oxygenate water, trap sand and recycle nutrients; and provide breeding habitats and nursery areas for many marine organisms.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 17.10.2019
Marine management is all about balancing human use with the needs of aquatic organisms and the environments they live in, to ensure healthy fish, habitat, economics and people.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 02.10.2019
Marine debris is the name given to rubbish that finds its way into our oceans and coastal environment.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 19.09.2019
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