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Great Barrier Reef, Australia

The world's largest coral reef system, a kaleidoscope of marine life off the Queensland coast. The Great Barrier Reef offers island resorts, diving and unforgettable underwater worlds.

Crystalbrook Bailey

The art-led member of the Crystalbrook Collection in downtown Cairns, with twelve gallery-style guest floors, an outback-inspired steakhouse and an open-air Latin bar.

Orpheus Island Lodge

A fourteen-key private-island lodge on a national-park island 80 km north of Townsville, reached only by helicopter and ringed by its own coral gardens.

Shangri-La The Marina, Cairns

A waterfront address between Marlin Marina and the Coral Sea, steps from the boats that leave each morning for the Great Barrier Reef.

Crystalbrook Flynn

The liveliest five-star on the Cairns Esplanade, with glass swimming pools, Northern Italian plates and the Great Barrier Reef at the doorstep.

Elysian Retreat

An adults-only eco retreat of ten villas in a private cove on Long Island, run almost entirely on solar power and capped at twenty guests.

Heron Island Resort

A PADI five-star dive resort on a true coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, where the house reef begins a few steps from the sand.