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Heron Island
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Heron Island is a coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 80 kilometres north-east of Gladstone Park, Queensland, Australia, and 460 km north-north-west of the state capital Brisbane
Heron Island is a coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 80 kilometres north-east of Gladstone Park, Queensland, Australia, and 460 km north-
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Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
123 Sightings
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iStock-crisod
Reef Manta Ray
24 Sightings
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iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
24 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
18 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
14 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
11 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Ed Jenkins
Hawksbill Turtle
8 Sightings
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iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
65 Sightings
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AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin
Blacktip Reef Shark
48 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
45 Sightings
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