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Green Island Resort a Top 10 in Japan

Green Island Resort a Top 10 in Japan

Great Adventures Green Island and Green Island Resort have been chosen by Japan viewers of BS TV Asahi as one of the top 10 places to visit. The TV program titled “Australia’s Best 10 by People Choice” will be promoted in 4 x one hour episodes.
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A feast of events with something for everyone heading our way!

A feast of events with something for everyone heading our way!

From elite sporting pursuits to community events and family fun, the Quicksilver Group is delighted to be supporting a raft wonderful ways to experience and enjoy our unique World Heritage reef and rainforest environment.

We hope you can join us to celebrate this wonderful calendar of events.
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Matilda the Turtle Tracks back to Green Island

Matilda  the Turtle Tracks back to Green Island

Matilda, a Hawksbill sea turtle is becoming a frequent traveler on Great Adventures Cruises to Green Island. The Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre and Great Adventures will release Matilda for a second time into her home waters of Green Island on Thursday 17th.

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Quicksilver Group is Queensland’s Best Major Tour and Transport Operator!

Quicksilver Group is Queensland’s Best Major Tour and Transport Operator!

It’s been a time to celebrate for the Quicksilver Group! It was a wonderful night of recognition at the prestigious 2012 Queensland Tourism Awards in being named the State’s Best “Major Tour and Transport Operator”, announced in Brisbane on 23 November.
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Total Solar Eclipse Thrills!

Total Solar Eclipse Thrills!

After many years of planning and great anticipation, eclipse chasers from around the world and ‘first-timers’ witnessed the awesome total solar eclipse over the Great Barrier Reef Cairns and Port Douglas region on 14 November.
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Coral Spawning Night Dives with Silverswift

Coral Spawning Night Dives with Silverswift

With the festive season on the way, there was a different kind of “snowstorm” in the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef!
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Great Adventures Green Island Ocean Swim makes a splash

Great Adventures Green Island Ocean Swim makes a splash

Green Island, Great Barrier Reef: In the 7th annual Great Adventures Green Island Ocean Swim, 93 swimmers took to the water to compete in 1.5km and 3km distances in this unique Great Barrier Reef swim event on Sunday 16 September. » Read the full Story

Christmas Day Feast on the Reef

Christmas Day Feast on the Reef

For a Christmas Day with a difference, what better way to celebrate a Tropical North Queensland Christmas Day than with a fantastic day trip to beautiful Green Island combined with a sumptuous buffet lunch at Green Island Resort. » Read the full Story

Finding Nemo in 3D Competition – at the movies and the Reef!

Finding Nemo in 3D Competition – at the movies and the Reef!

Quicksilver and Great Adventures are thrilled to be providing the opportunity for two families to meet our most famous reef inhabitant, Nemo! » Read the full Story

Great Adventures Green Island Family Fun Day – Fun in the Sun!

Great Adventures Green Island Family Fun Day – Fun in the Sun!

Blue skies and sunshine set the scene for a fantastic day on Green Island for Great Adventures annual Green Island Family Fun Day on Sunday 24 June. » Read the full Story