Scuba around Stradbroke Island, Australia

One of Australia's great scuba sites, complete with whales, Stradbroke Island is right next to Brisbane. The locals have managed to avoid over development and the water's great. This is the southern end of the Barrier Reef. It's colorful, beautiful, and has the Queensland lifestyle Aussies find so addictive.


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North Stradbroke is the big island, and it's off the north ocean side that the best scuba diving happens. This is like an underwater zoo. There are manta rays, dolphins, whales, leopard sharks, the fantastic, incredibly colored sea slugs, barracuda and divers who spend their whole holiday underwater if they can.