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Marine Discoveries, Cairns Marine Discoveries (formally Reef Teach) is an environmental consultancy that focuses on research an Visit our website for more info and ways to get involved.
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Our team has a long history of working on the reef and with their diverse knowledge, experience, and expertise, they are perfectly suited to the challenges that face us. Through our training programs we are proud to be teaching and inspiring the next generation of marine biologists, and conservationists as well as working in the consulting field with reef professionals on site stewardship programs. We also have a strong focus on research that feeds back into management.

23/12/2024

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us here at Marine Discoveries. Thank you for all your support over the last year and we are very excited to see what's in store for us all in 2025. 🎄🎁🐠

17/12/2024

You've heard of elf on a shelf.. but are seastars on your radar? ✨️
We couldn't help but think these seastar arms looked a bit like colourful elf legs sitting on a rock..
A bit like that mystical elf, seastars appear relatively stationary. However, given enough time, they go on big adventures around the reef.

📸 Red seastar or Fromia indica
📍Pirates Cove, Hastings Reef
On

12/10/2024

The bright colours of little animals like this flatworm aren't just for decoration!

They are a brilliant way to warn potential predators that if they eat them, they will get sick... sometimes very very sick....😵

09/10/2024

Most fish have quite flexible jaws, this Maori wrasse was in the middle of being cleaned by a cleaner wrasse and so was opening up all available spaces to get a thorough clean!

17/09/2024

Hey there! Sometimes the small things are not just the hardest to find because of their size, but because of their camouflage. Hunting for the macro life is sometimes the best part of any dive or snorkel trip though. What's the best thing you've ever spotted?

22/08/2024

20/07/2024

It's the weekend! We're cruising into the weekend after a busy week with our interns and are looking forward to next weeks reef trips! Keep everything crossed for us that the wind behaves itself and drops down a little bit :D

17/07/2024

Going slow is one of the best ways to see invertebrates. Due to their timid and nocturnal nature, most of these animals will be hiding during the day, and if you do spot them, will pretend you haven't!

12/07/2024

Despite most of our research being done snorkelling, we do get under the water from time to time!

All of our staff here are either Dive Masters or Instructors and so we do try to get under whenever we can or need to. Some of our surveys require a lot of detailed, 'head in the coral' kind of work and so are much easier to do on scuba.

What do you prefer, diving or snorkelling?

10/07/2024

Most of our work is done snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef.

Why you might ask? It's mostly to do with the fact that the majority of the corals are in the top section of the water and so it's unnecessary to dive! Also, being closer to the surface means that most impacts are found in the shallows as well, making it imperative to stay where we are most needed for surveys.

04/07/2024

Damselfish are some of the feistiest fish you can find on a reef. With their small stature comes a big personality ready to defend their 'farm' to the highest level, regardless of how big the intruder is!

02/07/2024

Sometimes its the little things in life!

This little shrimp was less than a cm long and one of the hardest things to get a shot of... We might need some more practice with ! What's the smallest thing you've ever photographed?

28/06/2024

From studying marine life to exploring underwater ecosystems, every day is an adventure on our work placement programs!

Spaces are filling up fast for the rest of the year and 2025's dates will be up on the website soon. Email us now to secure your spot!

Address

2nd Floor, Mainstreet Arcade, 85 Lake Street
Cairns, QLD
4870

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Website

http://www.marinediscoveries.com.au/

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Stop scrolling and listen for a moment to the sounds of the Great Barrier Reef 🔊🐠 We often think of the reef as a calm and quiet place, but it's actually a busy underwater city with lots of loud residents! Can you hear them? #nemo #anemonefish #greatbarrierreef #marinediscoveriescairns

Spotted these not so little angelfish playing tag!🐠 #angelfish #marinelifeprotection #tagyourit #marinediscoveriescairns

Despite the weather last month not playing nice on the surface, as you can see, it certainly didn’t affect the conditions underwater! Last month saw our biggest group of interns ever joining us at #marinediscoveriescairns and we had a brilliant time teaching them various survey techniques and getting some invaluable data that is needed after last summers mass bleaching event. This months interns are playing guinea pigs and helping us run trials of a brand new survey. So you really never know what you’ll be up to on one of work placements but what we can guarantee is that you’ll be carrying out important and needed work. #greatbarrierreef #underwater #thisisqueensland #marinebiology #workplacement #internship #marinebiologyinternship #reef #cairns #lovethereef #womensupportingwomen #womeninstem #girlswhodive

Little things truly are under appreciated on a reef, and we can often see why when there are turtles and sharks cruising around! But it’s always important to slow down and look for the small things in life, sometimes they can be the prettiest! #marinediscoveriescairns #greatbarrierreef #thisisqueensland #underwater #marinediscoveries #nudibranch #flatworm #macrophotography #macro #reef #coral #littlethingsmatter

Just another day on the reef, making a pest of ourselves around cleaning stations hoping that if we are still enough, they might think we’re a big fish and clean us too! So far it hasn’t worked… maybe we need to work on our camouflage? #marinediscoveriescairns #greatbarrierreef #underwater #thisisqueensland #camouflage #reef #marinebiology #cleaning #marinediscoveries #cairns #blowingbubbles

There’s something so soothing about watching corals sway in the surge. Leather corals take in water to make themselves rigid or let out water to give themselves a smaller surface area. That means, if there is a huge storm or cyclone coming, they can make themselves really small to stop the bigger waves and surges from knocking them off the substrate! #corals #coral #greatbarrierreef #thisisqueensland #cairns #marinediscoveriescairns #underwater #soothing #natureinmotion

It’s nice when your anemone gets a friend! This anemone has a mini anemone species growing just next to it and although it is not one of the species that anemone fish will live in, it’s awesome to spot on the reef. Anemones can be anything from 1m across to only a few centimetres wide. #anemone #anemonefish #reef #coralreef #underwater #greatbarrierreef #marinediscoveriescairns #marinebiology #marinediscoveries #lovethereef #cairns #friend #bestfriends

Interrupted a very important nap here, sorry turtle! Don’t worry, we left it to get back to its very important task of the day and it quickly went back to sleep!! Did you know turtles can sleep for around 4 hours and hold their breath by lowering their heart rate so they don’t need to breathe as much? #marinediscoveriescairns #greatbarrierreef #underwater #reef #thisisqueensland #marinebiology #turtle #turtles #lovethereef #underwaterphotography

Cruising into the weekend…. With the weather as nice as it is, for the first time in a long time, all of our team will be out having fun days at the reef this weekend! What are your plans? #underwater #marinediscoveriescairns #marinebiology #underwaterphotography #marinediscoveries #itstheweekend #reef #greatbarrierreef #cairns #lovethereef #thisisqueensland

I know the way! Follow me! Bumphead parrotfish often swim in large schools and can be found cruising around the reef together, eating everything in their paths. #bumphead #bumpheadparrotfish #parrotfish #fish #greatbarrierreef marinediscoveries #marinediscoveriescairns #underwater #underwaterphotography #thisisqueensland #underwaterlife #marinebiology #marinebiologyfacts

This beautiful lady was in no rush what’s so ever to get to the surface! The great thing about turtles is that if you are calm, so are they, and that way you get to have the best interactions with them! Always keep your distance, keep quiet and stay pretty still and B they might hang around and let you watch them! #turtle #marinediscoveriescairns #marinediscoveries #underwater #greatbarrierreef #underwater_is_life #lovethereef #reef #coral #marinebiology #marinebiologyfacts #turtles

This week has seen the sun make a dramatic comeback here in Cairns, the water temp is on its way down and our April internship project started! All things that require celebration! 🎉 ☀️ What have you been up to this week? #sunsout #marinediscoveries #internship #pufferfish #greatbarrierreef #underwater #underwaterphotography #naturalworld #lovethereef #fish #coral #reef #coralreef #naturephotography #underwatervideo #cairns #queensland #marinebiology

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Reef Teach enhances everyones Great Barrier Reef experience through our highly qualified marine biologist sharing their knowledge. Although research is our main focus with our Marine Discovery Program (see our website for details), our relaxed, entertaining evening show will help you get the most out of your time at the reef. Through their knowledge and experience, the Reef Teach team will take you on a tour of what they look at when they go for fun dives and snorkels along with giving you fun, accurate and up to date information about the reef. With this information you will see so much more and enjoy the Great Barrier Reef so much more. To book click our book now button, or email us at: [email protected]