45. NORTH QUEENSLAND 1980

 Today the place is full of backpackers binge drinking at hostels..... or is it? Life in a rain forest home seemed to me to be idyllic in 1995 - then a cyclone hit the area. The ferry was washed ashore and put out of order, while about six feet of flood water went through houses on the Daintree River. Visitors to Cape Trib. were stuck for a few extra days, some got out by boat. Life in a rain forest has some set-backs, a few too many. (A fantasy for city people like me who visit during the dry season).

44. Crown of Thorns starfish - report (Fathom 1971)

Crown of Thorns in aquarium. Ron Taylor aboard The Belgian Expedition GBR 1967

© Peer Productions   (John Harding photograph)

Sand cay is a clue to relocating this reef.

Fathom magazine (Australia) - 480 page library <Click

Two reefs east of Mystery Cay (The Swain Reefs) Coralita divers found  a massive population of starfish in 1975.

43. PERRY HARVEY (Mission Beach, Queensland)

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Dr. Robert Endean  < Click

                             Brenda and Perry Harvey in their early days at Mission Beach Qld.

                Both were pioneer champions for protecting the wilderness on shore and on the reef.

42. CROWN OF THORNS - ROBERT RAYMOND (1984)

(Same boat, MV Friendship in 1990  - picture by Perry Harvey, below,  has been lost).

41. STARFISH WARS (Robert Raymond)

Starfish Wars  -  Preface (Robert Raymond)

Starfish Wars pages 46 -47  (Robert Raymond)

Starfish Wars  Pages 48-49  (Robert Raymond)

Dr Robert Endean < Click

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