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UCLA WBB at the Great Barrier Reef.

Bruins Visit the Great Barrier Reef

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The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world.

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CAIRNS, Australia – The UCLA women's basketball team, coaching staff and travel party took a two-hour tour to one of the seven wonders of the natural world, the Great Barrier Reef, on Thursday, August 25 in their final day in Cairns before heading to Sydney.

Pulling away from it, and viewing it from a greater distance, you can understand why it is a world heritage listed natural inspiration. It is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space.

One of Australia's most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world's largest coral reef. The reef contains an abundance of marine life and is comprised of over 3,000 individual reef systems and coral cays and literally hundreds of picturesque tropical islands with some of the world's most beautiful sun-soaked, golden beaches. Because of its natural beauty, the Great Barrier Reef has become one of the world's most sought after tourist destinations. A visitor to the Great Barrier Reef can enjoy many experiences including snorkelling, scuba diving, aircraft or helicopter tours, bare boats (self-sail), glass-bottomed boat viewing, semi-submersibles and educational trips, cruise ship tours, whale watching and swimming with dolphins.
Regular updates of the women's basketball team's travels in Australia will be provided on uclabruins.com, as well as the team's social media channels listed above. Videos, photos and recaps will be available from each game and plenty of excursion photos and videos of each outing will also be shared.