Reefworld's Great Barrier Reef Experience
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Reefworld is a permanently moored floating adventure platform at Hardy Reef, which provides day visitors with the opportunity to cruise to the Whitsundays outer reef to see the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef. Once at Reefworld, visitors can enjoy the spectacular scenery from the large sundeck, from the underwater viewing observatory, from the semi-submersible submarine or by snorkelling or scuba diving in and around the sheltered and protected areas.
Fantasea Adventure Cruising operate Reefworld, and in October 2008 Fantasea took out "Best Tourist Attraction" for Reefworld in the Whitsunday Tourism awards. This adds to a long list of accolades, as in the past five years Fantasea Adventure Cruising has won eleven Whitsunday Tourism awards, five Queensland Tourism awards and the prestigious Queensland’s Export Award in 2007. In 2006 Fantasea Adventure Cruising was the recipient of the Australian Tourism Award for "Significant Tourist Attraction" and entered the coveted Queensland Tourism Awards Hall of Fame in the same year.
This really is a wonderful way to experience the magnificent Great Barrier Reef, and includes a range of activities and use of equipment plus delicious cuisine. Included in the experience are tours aboard the spacious semi-submersible coral viewers, use of the seated underwater viewing chamber, all snorkelling equipment and floatation aids, a large shaded observation deck, Queensland Groper viewing station (where you will probably see “George” who is 3 metres long), a reef appreciation talk, extensive shaded areas, fresh water showers, full length lycra swimsuits, wetsuits (winter months), an extensive and delicious buffet lunch with hot and cold items, morning and afternoon tea, and unlimited tea and coffee. For the littlies there are children's swimming enclosures and Club Seahorse. You also get return coach transfers to Shute Harbour from mainland resorts.
Comfortable high speed catamarans take you to Reefworld where you will have a full four hours to spend enjoying the marine environment. There are easy to follow snorkelling coral trails and you will see hundreds of brightly coloured fish, starfish, living corals and other marine life. For the more adventurous there is scuba diving for an additional fee with certified and introductory dives. You will come away from this experience with a greater appreciation of the magnificent Great Barrier Reef, and a bunch of wonderful memories.