4D Great Barrier Reef Whitsundays Dive Conservation Action; August 07-10, 2012

The beautiful Whitsunday Islands is one of the most visited spots on the Great Barrier Reef. Learn how the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and different interest groups manage and share this beautiful natural heritage.

The Order of the Undersea Coral Heroes (OUCH) is the most active community volunteer group in Northern Queensland when it comes to working to protect the Great Barrier Reef. OUCH is a hands-on organisation that prefers to work at the coal face and has a number of projects going; reef protection program, mangrove watch, seagrass watch, coral reef monitoring, and numerous education programs for visitors and reef operators. The Reef Protection Program is popular with divers, and this a “treasure hunt” search and location marking of reef protection marker buoys, in support of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks Authority. The Reef Protection Program has virtually stopped anchor damage at popular dive sites and has been successfully extended to other parts of the Great Barrier Reef. Most recently, OUCH received a significant grant to map the habitat of all marine endangered species in the Whitsunday region.

OUCH was founded by Tony Fontes, a well respected figure in the dive industry and chairman of the Whitsunday Local Marine Advisory Committee. Join Tony and OUCH for two days of an insider’s perspective to the much admired management and protection policies of the most famous coral reef in the world.

Join community volunteers OUCH for an underwater search mission of zone moorings and help support OUCH’s conservation and education efforts.

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Highlights

• The beautiful Whitsunday Islands is one of the most visited spots on the Great Barrier Reef.
• Learn how the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and different interest groups manage and share this beau- tiful natural heritage.
• Join community volunteers OUCH for an underwater search mission of zone moorings and help support OUCH’s conservation and educa- tion efforts.

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