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The Great Barrier Reef is right next to Queensland in Australia. __Where did it all begin?__

1.A whole different group of animals, plants, bacteria and environmental conditions helped set the stage for a dynamic transition from the reefs of 2000 million years ago, to the modern reefs of today. 2.Reefs are increasingly threatened (crown of throwns starfish) and by the activites of people (littering, oil from boats or motors building resorts). 3.A major problem with the run-off from catchments is pollution (oil, rubbish, birdpoo). 4.The GBR is the biggest reef in the world. 5.The rainforest is a threat to the GBR. 6.The GBR includes over 2900 reefs, around 940 islands and cays. 7.The GBR area abounds with wildlife, including __dugong__ and __green turtles__, varities of dolphins and whales more than 1500 species of __fish__, 4000 types of __mollusc__ and more than 200 species of __bird life__. 8.The GBR is the only living organic collective visable from earth's orbit. 9.The GBR,off the east coast of Australia,is one of the wonders of the natural world-it is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. 10.It was declared a __World Heritage__ area in1981 and __added to the National Heritage__ list in 2007. 11.The GBR has been alive about 1280 years. 12.The GBR has about 981 whales and sharks. 13.The GBR has about 1182 mammals and fish. 14.The building resorts of people is a threat to the GBR.

On Challenge Day, I went to Saint Christophers Panania school, we did three activities, the last activitie was to make a dangerous sea creature.

I learned many things.

The Alphahbet Key Clownfish,Crown of thorns starfish