Heron Island is a 20-hectare coral cay, 65km east of Gladstone, at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Half of the island is a national park, one quarter is the University of Queensland Research Station and one quarter is the Resort. The island can be occupied by up to 400 people at any one time, with up to 200 resort guests, 100 staff and 100 scientists and students at the HIRS. The resort is advertised as an ecotourist destination, with opportunities to swim with sting-rays, reef shark

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Ecotourism at Heron Island