Microsoft Dynamics enables Australian Reef Pilots to determine the right pilot for each job, providing each pilot with the necessary information to navigate ships through the reef and safely to shore and protecting the lives of those within the ship and the reef.

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The next morning we decided to fish from our surfboards, which we would paddle out to the edge of a reef, visible from shore with polarized glasses.

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"It will either ask to fund additional costs if the reef is more expensive than the current suggestions, or for funding on-shore tourism infrastructure if it is cheaper, " said Cllr Evans.

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