When you go bareboating in the Whitsunday Islands, you are cruising in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. There are hundreds and hundreds of different species of corals, and over 1000 different species of fish! It's quite extraordinary and something you simply must see at least once in your lifetime. The Great Barrier Reef itself is enormous! It stretches over 2300km and covers over 344,000km2. Let’s put that into perspective, the Great Barrier Reef: is as long as the entire