6 h. ago ‘People can’t imagine something on that scale dying’: Anohni on mourning the Great Barrier Reef

The Anohni and the Johnsons singer is collaborating with marine scientists for two special shows at Sydney’s Vivid festival that will show the reef’s plight Anohni Hegarty is about to go to the Great Barrier Reef for the first time. “I feel like I’m going to Auschwitz,” she says nervously. “On the one hand, I’m so excited to go because the landscape is so beautiful, and I know there’s going to be so much that’s gorgeous. And yet, I’m also scared.”In a week, the British-born, New York-based avant garde singer of Anohni and the Johnsons is flying to Lizard Island, a paradise of powdery sands on the reef, 1,600km north-west of Brisbane. Its luxury villas and bluest of blue waters are a stark contrast to the grim nature of Anohni’s assignment: documenting the current state of the world’s biggest coral reef. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Father and son who drowned on dream holiday to Australia's Great Barrier Reef after being swept out to sea are named

Robin Reed, 46, and his son Owen, 17, from Caerphilly, South Wales, were swept out to sea on April 13 while swimming at Round Hill Head in Seventeen Seventy, Queensland.

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68 h. ago Tributes to two Brits who drowned while swimming near Great Barrier Reef

The Coroner’s Court of Queensland saidthe two deaths had been reported to the court

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1 week ago British man and teenager drown in incident near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Victims understood to be father and son pulled from ocean in holiday town of Seventeen Seventy

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1 week ago Two British tourists drown while swimming at beach near Great Barrier Reef

The Foreign Office said it was supporting the families of those who had died.

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1 week ago British man and teenager drown after being swept out to sea near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Victims understood to be father and son pulled from ocean in holiday town of Seventeen Seventy

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1 week ago British tourists aged 17 and 46 drown near Great Barrier Reef

An Australian man is also fighting for his life in hospital

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1 week ago Brit boy and man drown off Great Barrier Reef as another airlifted to hospital

A 17-year-old boy and a 46-year-old man, both from Britain, were confirmed dead at the scene after their bodies were pulled out of Australia's famous coastline, a third man is in hospital

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2 w. ago The TravelSmart guide to Queensland, Australia’s Sunshine State

TravelSmart is going Down Under this week, exploring Queensland, Australia’s Sunshine State.

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