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17/03/2007: "POSTCARD features pest of the Great Barrier Reef"
Captain Ron Isbell took us to this location at Fitzroy Reef, (near Heron Island) a giant CoT starfish had been seen here for years. Scientists said later it would have been 200 years old - certainly the largest the researchers at the University of Queensland had ever been aware of.
Getting the picture approved for a tourist postcard would be as difficult as selling a burning forest picture to represent a national park.
One of the first copies off the press was posted (as an open postcard and a victory message) addressed to: Dr. Robert Endean, Reader in Zoology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4067
Bob told me it was never received. Someone got to it before him. A pity.
The postcard would be a slightly valueable item today.
One of the first published underwater postcards of The Reef and those who sought to protect it through better understandings.
