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10/07/2004: "PEOPLE OF THE SEA ......TV documentary celebs Ben and Lynn"
Off Port Douglas are a number of coral reefs which form the great barrier reef. The correct term would be the great barrier reefs.
The late Dr Robert Endean was promoting the plural version within his university lectures but it has not caught on. The mass of thousands of individual reefs is destined to remain a singular, indicating to some visitors there is a barrier of unbroken reef running north-south.
Lynn Roberts (right) has appeared in six TV documentaries as Ben Cropp's underwater model. Together they have marvelous adventures aboard Freedom III and overseas as well, having visited the USA film festivals, Egypt and the Nile River, Inca ruins of South America and Easter Island.
A tropical lobster dinner at Ben's Port Douglas home base would top off a great day out on the reef.
