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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Green Turtle

115 Sightings
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Reef Manta Ray

24 Sightings
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5
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4
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1
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4

Loggerhead Turtle

24 Sightings
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3
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3
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2
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3
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3

Moray Eel

14 Sightings
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1
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5
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3
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1
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2

Eagle Ray

13 Sightings
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3
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1
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1
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4

Octopus

11 Sightings
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3
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2
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1
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Hawksbill Turtle

8 Sightings
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1
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4
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2
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1
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0

Wrasse

6 Sightings
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1
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0
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2
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2

Whitetip Reef Shark

59 Sightings
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7
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6
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3
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7
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4
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8
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11
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2
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2
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1
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5

Clownfish

44 Sightings
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7
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9