cuba Divers Guide to Australia's Central Great Barrier Reef - By Tom Byron

Describes scuba diving locations at: Townsville - Magnetic Island - Mission Beach - Dunk Island - Wreck of SS Yongala - Flinders Reef - Coral Sea Reef and Atolls - Special Interest Dive Sites - Marine Parks - Accommodation - Dive Shops - Live-aboard Dive Charter Boats - Inner Barrier Reef Dive Locations.

This book covers a small area of barrier reef from Townsville to Dunk Island and includes the Coral Sea Reefs and Atolls also Australia's most famous shipwreck the SS Yongala. There are helpful chapters on directory information, planning scuba diving holidays, average yearly temperature and rainfall at the Central Barrier Reef, the city of Townsville and the Great Barrier Reef Wonderland Complex. There are chapters about Magnetic Island, a true account of the sinking of SS Yongala and descriptions of reefs, atolls and cays of the Coral Sea, Also information about Mission Beach, Dunk Island and the dive sites of Beaver Cay.

Coloured soft cover 104 pages, 61 undersea maps, 153 coloured pictures of underwater life and surface images. It lists 62 fascinating dive locations.