ABC Wednesday, U for Under Water World.

Every body who has seen the Great Barrier Reef , knows what is meant by the Under Water World. It is a world which is so fascinating that you want to stay there for a while. It's a fairytale world.

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Country	Australia
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The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).^The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

I have seen this Great Barrier reef twice. Both times we were in a boat with a glass bottom so that we could see around us. The first time, in 1996, my daughter and I went swimming near the  Quicksilver platform, where the Quicksilver catamaran, by which we were taken to the Reef, was moored. My husband didn't join us then, but he took photos. (not these photos!)
The second time was in 2000.

All photos taken by Steve Parish

Harlequin Tusk Fish         Stripey Snapper                                          

Threadfin Coralfish            Squirrelfish                             

Black-spotted  Goatfish              Black-tipped Rock Cod                                          

Striped Butterflyfish with a Damselfish          Scorpionfish                                                  

Anemone Fish

We thank Denise Nesbitt, who created ABC, and we must thank Roger too for the weekly job to find  ten bloggers for each of the ABC Team members  to visit and to read their posts. For more interesting ABC posts click on the logo in the sidebar . This week we are looking for words beginning with U.