hamas brisbane wreck



The Queensland Tourism Minister says the scuttling of HMAS Brisbane , off the Sunshine Coast has brought in a million dollars in tourism profits. The former Navy ship was scuttled on the 31st of July, 2005 to create an artificial reef for a dive site. Desley Boyle is quoted to have said

“There is also the amazing story of the artificial reef that has grown at a great rate around the wreck, very much faster than had been predicted,’



Though these artificial reefs enhance the diversity of marine life in the midst of barren sea beds, providing a venue for ecotourism, some environmentalist believe that the process is an interference in the natural order of things.



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