The Great Barrier Reef, 1, 400 miles of coral off the coast of Queensland, is far better known, but the Ningaloo in many ways trumps it.

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If you are collecting capitals stop off at Brisbane, but most continue to tropical Cairns, a jumping-off point for cruising the Great Barrier Reef, the coral-jewelled necklace that makes the most stunning adornment to this coast.

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