Is this the end of the Great Barrier Reef?

By Tom Arup
Updated April 11 2016 - 7:13pm, first published 6:59pm
A diver checking out the bleaching at Heron Island in February 2016.  Photo: XL Catlin Seaview Survey
A diver checking out the bleaching at Heron Island in February 2016. Photo: XL Catlin Seaview Survey
Bleached coral at Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Bleached coral at Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Looking dead flat at Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Looking dead flat at Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Bleached Coral at Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Bleached Coral at Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Coral off Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Coral off Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Bleached coral off Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
Bleached coral off Heron Island. Photo: Eddie Jim
The tourist brochure version: scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef  Photo: Supplied
The tourist brochure version: scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef Photo: Supplied

The Great Barrier Reef is often described as the largest living thing on the planet, but swimming over the coral reefs around Heron Island it is the little things that you notice.

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