Queensland

Cairns Regional

Australia

Green Island

Milln Reef - Rainbow

Home to resident sea turtles and white tipped reef sharks, Petaj is an exciting site with some great swim-throughs. The wall of the main 'bommie' is an excellent place to search for tiny, yet colourful nudibranchs - a delight for photographers

Milln Reef. 55km east of Cairns (2 hrs).

Milln Reef - Petaj is also known as Great Barrier Reef.

Milln Reef - Petaj

Large isolated bommie. Reef sharks, turtles...

Milln Reef

Milln Reef - The Whale

A relaxing dive suitable for beginners and intermediate divers, popular for its abundance of fish life in the shallows. A dive amongst the coral outcrops and small 'bommies' over a sandy seabed. Average dive depth is about 10 metres. This is an excellent night dive location with sleeping turtles and barracudas sighted regularly.

Excellent night dive

Milln Reef

Milln Reef - Swimming Pools 1

A relaxing dive suitable for beginners and intermediate divers, popular for its abundance of fish life in the shallows. A dive amongst the coral outcrops and small 'bommies' over a sandy seabed. Average dive depth is about 10 metres. This is an excellent night dive location with sleeping turtles and barracudas sighted regularly.




Swimming pools

Gordon's Mooring has some great swim-throughs and overhangs amongst the variety of smaller bommies. It is very popular with photographers as it boasts a wide range of corals and marine life with plenty of sunlight. Deeper areas of the site provide a stunning blue backdrop for photos. Highlights include several well established giant clams, clown fish, turtles and reef sharks. The shallows are excellent for snorkellers.


Flynn Reef, 55km east of Cairns.

Flynn Reef - Gordon's mooring

Flynn Reef - Coral Garden

The ski slop name refer to a mild sandy slop starting at 4-5m and gently opening at 15m in the middle of a wall like reef.

Plenty of little reef fish to see and also bigger ones when you go deeper. Turtles are often spotted.

Located on Flynn Reef.

Flynn Reef - Ski Slop

Reef sharks, eagle rays... very nice dive.

Flynn Reef

Flynn Reef - Tracey's Bommie

Lovely dive. White-tip sharks and great drop-off.

Flynn Reef

Flynn Reef - Three Sisters



Accessed with Kangaroo explorer, CDC cairns

Milln Reef - Rainbow

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Milln Reef - Rainbow