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The surf of Western Australia's Margaret River is often described as "epic" while the other 12, 500km of the Indian Ocean coast has surreally un-peopled reef, point and beach breaks giving way to shimmering 10m tides up north.
BBC: Shore thing: Australia��s beach obsession
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If you are collecting capitals stop off at Brisbane, but most continue to tropical Cairns, a jumping-off point for cruising the Great Barrier Reef, the coral-jewelled necklace that makes the most stunning adornment to this coast.
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The project consists of three mines holding 7.92 billion tons of coal resources, a planned 300 mile railway capable of carrying 60 million tons annually, and a port built to the same capacity at Abbot Point on Australia's Great Barrier Reef coast.
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Aside from being the place to hop on the boat to Magnetic Island, it is also a popular departure point for diving courses on the Great Barrier Reef.
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