A beautiful boutique eco-resort with just 46 rooms, Green Island Resort is located on an ancient coral cay and the natural wonders of the Great Barrier Reef - it is one of the most unique and memorable destinations in Tropical North Queensland. Just 27 km and a world away from Cairns on Green Island, this is where the reef truly does meet the rainforest. Wunyami, Green Island's traditional name means place of spirits. Your spirits are sure to be lifted and awakened with a memorable stay

Poseidon offers an exciting, boutique adventure, perfect for small groups of experienced divers and confident snorkellers with access to exclusive remote reef sites, expert marine interpretation and citizen science. Travelling in comfort on the 24 metre Poseidon from Port Douglas, you'll visit 3 different sites at the stunning Agincourt ribbon reefs and/or Escape Reef. With clear outer reef waters, beautiful coral formations and incredible marine life diversity, explore spectacular drop-offs and coral pinnacles in this pristine marine wilderness.

Whale season in the Tropical North is in full swing with daily humpback sightings. This mother and calf put on a show for passengers and crew aboard dive and snorkel vessel Silverswift as they playfully breached repeatedly out of the water. Watch to see mamma show how it's done! The encounter occurred near Green Island as the vessel was returning from a day at the Outer Reefs. Quicksilver Group Environment and Compliance Manager, and cetacean expert, Phil Coulthard said "Whale season is in full swing and it's always very exciting to see the humpbacks in our tropical waters. This mother and calf duo have been seen around the same location for several days. We're seeing the humpbacks almost daily at this time of year. It's part of their winter migration to our region from the southern oceans of Australia to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park." The sightings are recorded for the GBRMPA's Eye on the Reef monitoring program. Humpbacks are generally seen at the Great Barrier Reef between the months of June to September with regular sightings near Green Island and at the Outer Reefs, bringing an added bonus for passengers at this time. Thanks to Silverswift marine biologist Teresa Souyet for the great footage.

To celebrate World Oceans Day (8 June) and the global Coralpalooza? event, the Reef Biosearch team from Great Adventures spent the day underwater gardening! They outplanted hundreds of coral fragments recruited from the coral nursery at our Moore Reef platform. Coralpalooza? is the biggest international day of collaborative action for coral reefs and building resilience to climate change. This is the second year Australian operators have participated in the event, partnered by The Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Coral Nurture Program with the aim to assist recovery and research at high-value reef locations.

Caring for the reefs we love! As part of GBRMPA's Tourism Reef Protection Initiative, the Quicksilver Group's team of experienced Reef Biosearch marine biologists and dive teams have been busy providing important reef protection and conservation services. Our efforts have been concentrated on our extensive network of reef sites spanning from the Agincourt Reefs north of Port Douglas to Moore Reef east of Cairns Thanks to these activities and being long term proactive reef stewards, we're proud to be helping pave the way for a sustainable future alongside a thriving Great Barrier Reef. The Tourism Reef Protection Initiative is funded by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority as part of the Australian Government's Reef Protection package.

The Great Barrier Reef is an amazing place to work; we love the reef and we absolutely love what we do. Over the past 6 months the stewardship teams across the Quicksilver Group have been diving deep in to into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's Tourism Reef Protection Initiative, doing important monitoring and conservation work. From high frequency reef health surveys and monitoring, to crown-of-thorns starfish and drupella control, and more; the Tourism Reef Protection Initiative allows us to play an increased role in the management and preserving this wonderful place we call home. This video highlights the first phase, with the program ongoing until June 2024. The Tourism Reef Protection Initiative is funded by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority as part of the Australian Government's Reef Protection Package. © Commonwealth of Australia (GBRMPA)

A team of Great Adventures Reef Biosearch marine biologists joined the global Coralpalooza? event celebrating World Oceans Day by outplanting hundreds of coral fragments at a Green Island dive site. Coralpalooza? is the biggest international day of collaborative action for coral reefs and building resilience to climate change. For the first time, Australia has participated in the event, partnered by The Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Coral Nurture Program with the aim to assist recovery and research at high-value reef locations. Over 45 divers from tourism operators on the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Port Douglas and the Whitsundays participated to plant more than 6,700 coral fragments on the day. Phil Coulthard Great Adventures Reef Biosearch Manager said, "It was a very satisfying day to take part in something so important with a global impact. As Coral Nurture Program partners, we planted around 330 coral fragments at our Green Island "New York" dive site. "On a healthy reef, it's normal to have some broken coral so these "fragments of opportunity" were first collected and then attached to coral colonies using an innovative CoralClip® that allows them to be planted quickly and with good survival rates." This work is part of CNP's aim to plant more than 100,000 corals by 2024 and work with local Reef communities to develop the tools to help coral reefs adapt to climate change. Long-term monitoring is critical to the success and researchers will continue to monitor the sites to better understand the impact coral planting has on reefs and their marine life. This will help determine where and how to target efforts to assist recovery at high-value reef locations in the future.

Departing from Cairns in Tropical North Queensland, the Gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, Great Adventures exciting eco-certified Outer Reef cruise takes you to a spacious activity platform moored at a magnificent site. There's a great range of activities for all ages to enjoy, swimmers and non-swimmers too. Discover the reef from the spacious semi-submarine with informative commentary and visit the underwater observatory with a reef guide. Snorkel directly off the platform into beautiful coral gardens home to exotic tropical marine life. When it's time to relax, laze on the sundeck and enjoy a delicious buffet lunch. For the more adventurous, there's scuba diving and the unique Scuba-Doo underwater scooter experiences. Learn more about this special environment with a marine biologist guided snorkel tour and for a whole new perspective, there's the thrill of a scenic helicopter flight over the aquamarine reefs below.

Welcome to the idyllic Low Isles! Travelling aboard Quicksilver's beautiful sailing catamaran Wavedancer, it's about one hour from Port Douglas. It's the perfect day for young families or if you just fancy a relaxing day on a gorgeous Great Barrier Reef island. Snorkel with a turtle, explore the island with our marine biologists, view the corals through a glass bottom boat, laze on the beach under an umbrella, or on the decks of Wavedancer.

The Wunyami Cultural Walking Tour is a real gem of an experience on Green Island. Wunyami, Green Island's traditional name, means "Place of Spirits". Indigenous guides have special permission from their elders to share stories of the GuruGulu Gungganji and Gimuy Yidinji people. The tour takes around one hour and you'll come away with an understanding and new appreciation of the island's traditional history and cultural significance.

In July 2018, Quicksilver embarked on an Australian-first collaborative reef research and restoration project with scientists from Reef Ecologic to restore a cyclone impacted coral bommie. Four years later, the results speak for themselves. "This project has been highly successful with significant increase in coral coverage and survival of relocated colonies. Important knowledge has also been gained in reef resilience and coral nurturing techniques," said Quicksilver Group Environment and Compliance Manager, Doug Baird. Located at Quicksilver's Agincourt 3 platform, the small coral bommie under restoration was impacted by cyclonic waves several years prior and with an unstable substrate, natural recovery was impeded. With GBRMPA approval, the project entailed the installation of six steel mesh panels of 1.5 x 3 metres size to grow coral 'recruits' of which three were initially connected to a power source. This was the first time this type of project had been conducted in Australia on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Spawning 2021 Music by: Blesson

Great Barrier Reef Minke Encounter Liveaboard 2022 - Pro Dive Cairns Music: Blosson

Great Adventures cruises to beautiful Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef, just 45 minutes from Cairns in Tropical North Queensland. Of the 300 coral cays on the Great Barrier Reef, Green Island is the only one with a rainforest! It's home to over 120 species of native plants, colourful birdlife, surrounded by coral gardens and marine life. With seagrass beds, it's also home to a large sea turtle habitat.

A group of very excited scuba divers with Great Adventures Cruises at Green Island were treated to a rare encounter with a young adult dugong. Estimated to be around 2 metres in length, this was the first dugong sighting recorded by Great Adventures divers at Green Island in several years. It was also the first ever sighting for videographer Dan Liu and two very lucky introductory divers on holiday from Ballarat Victoria. "It was so exciting to see! He was very curious swimming near us as the group were diving on a nearby coral bommie. He came close within about 4 metres, swimming away and then coming back for another look before swimming off over the seagrass beds," said Dan Liu. Dugongs, often called sea cows, as they graze shallow seagrass meadows (eating up to 40kg a day!) are found across the tropical belt in Australia. They reach a length of 3 metres, live up to 70 years of age and can weigh as much as 400kg. Dugongs are fascinating mammals, sharing a common ancestor with elephants, and early sailors are believed to have confused them for mythical mermaids. They are most closely related to the manatee, their northern hemisphere relative. They resemble a large dolphin but lack a dorsal fin and have an upper lip covered in thick bristles. They are well designed for aquatic life, with nostrils situated on top of their heads so they can breathe, and have a large, strong tail that propels them through the water. Their eyes and ears are on the side of their heads. Although their eyesight is poor, they have an acute sense of hearing." Dugong are threatened on a worldwide scale and in Australia, are a protected species under various legislation including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975. This important sighting will be reported to GBRMPA's Eye on the Reef monitoring program contributing valuable information about these endangered creatures as well as the long-term protection and management of the reef. Video credit Dan Liu, Island Photography Australia

A very lucky group of school students and visitors to Green Island with Great Adventures were treated to an extra special experience, witnessing the release of a hawksbill turtle, aptly named Billy, back into the wilds of the Great Barrier Reef. Estimated to be around 20 years of age, Billy had been found at Airlie Beach having swallowed a fish line and hook, and transported to Cairns for care by the team at Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre (CTRC). Jennie Gilbert, co-founder of the CTRC said Billy is the first turtle in their care to have undergone open oesophageal surgery to remove the hook. After the successful surgery and recovery, Billy spent several months "fattening up" and recuperating at the CTRC facility at the Cairns Aquarium. Prior to release, Billy was fitted with a satellite tracker which will aid research and insight into the lives of these graceful marine creatures. His movements will be able to be tracked on the Citizens Great Barrier Reef "Reef Tracker" site. https://citizensgbr.org/explore/reef-tracks Watching the open water release from a glass bottom boat, it was a wonderful sight for visitors to see Billy dive into the clear blue waters of Green Island. With abundant seagrass beds and coral reefs, it's a turtle paradise! We are inspired by the dedicated team at the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre and wonderful work they do in caring for sick and injured turtles, with the ultimate goal of releasing them back into the wild where they belong in a healthy reef environment.

Silverswift (departs Cairns) and Silversonic (departs Port Douglas) will take you to experience 3 different Great Barrier Reef environments in one day for dive and snorkel adventures.

Experience a day at the wonderful Agincourt Reef with Quicksilver, Australia's most awarded Great Barrier reef cruise company.

When you live and work in one of the most remarkable natural environments on the planet, it's only natural to protect it! The Quicksilver Group has been involved in a major conservation and reef stewardship initiative made possible by funding through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority as part of the Australian Government's COVID Recovery and Relief Fund.

Diving the underwater kingdom of Agincourt Reef Filmed by Jesse Oberholzer, Indepth Video and Photography