Heron Island (Heron Island, is located on the eastern Queensland sea surface, the southernmost tip of the famous World Natural Heritage Reef (Great Barrier Reef). It is about 80 kilometers from Gladstone (Gladstone), an important port town in central Queensland, and covers an area of 0.29 square kilometers.
Heron Island has several of the best waterborne diving and diving sites for the Great Barrier Reef, because Heron Island is a coral reef, which means that it is completely composed of sandstone and coral debris, surrounded by 24-square-square-kilometre rocks, and has several habitats of turquoise and large Turtle habitats. Heron Island offers a variety of activities, including guided island and rock views walking, semi-submersible cruise and private beach picnic. At a particular time of each year, watching turtle nesting and spawning become the most important activity throughout the island.
There is a resort on Heron Island,: Heron Island Resort, and there are only two types of traffic to Heron Island, from Gladstone (Gladstone) by hotel boat or by airline water helicopter.
