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Quarter 4 – The Reef Protection Initiative
The Reef Protection Initiative was implemented by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority as part of the Australian Government’s Reef Protection package and utilises High Standard Tourism Operators out on the Great Barrier Reef to be active stewards of the Reef that we live, love and work on. We have now reached the end […]
The Whale Song
Recently Merran, one of our Master Reef Guides, was lucky to attend a Hydrophone Training Day as part of a UQ long-term monitoring program. The Cetacean Ecology Group has been studying Humpback Whales for more than 25 years. This research focuses on the iconic whale song! All Humpback Whales make social sounds, however, only the […]
Coral Nurture Program
Ocean Rafting is proud to partner with the Coral Nurture Program, Reef Catchments and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. This week Ocean Rafting and fellow tourism operators and researchers give our fringing Reef a hand! Our team set out to stock our nurseries with corals of opportunity this week, which are coral fragments that have […]
Coral Nurture Program are Official Actors for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration!
The Coral Nurture Program are Official Actors for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration! The Coral Nurture Program have been a part of the growing global Generation Restoration movement since 2018 and are thrilled to announce they are now an official Actor for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. ‘The next 10 years represent an opportunity […]
Reef Protection Initiative
Protecting our patch! The team at Ocean Rafting is proud to be selected to take part in the Tourism Reef Protection Initiative. This initiative allows tourism operators along the breadth of the Great Barrier Reef to conduct in-water Reef Health and Impact Surveys, remove pest species from local reefs, clean marine debris from beaches and […]
Chemicals That Don’t Cost the Earth
At Ocean Rafting we are always looking at ways to improve our business; that’s why we have teamed up with the Airlie Health Hub, who are now providing us with cleaning chemicals that we use both in our office and onboard our vessels. These cleaning chemicals are all-natural, plant-based, toxic, and cruelty-free, biodegradable, eco-responsible, grey […]