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Great Adventures Reef and Green Island Cruises, along with Green Island Resort, are celebrating 100 years since regular tourist cruises commenced from Cairns to Green Island by embracing the nostalgia of yesteryear.
It was in 1924 when the pioneering Hayles family started a fortnightly ferry service to Green Island. By 1988, the company was sold and renamed Great Adventures, continuing an iconic legacy of Green Island and Great Barrier Reef tourism.
To celebrate the incredible 100 year milestone, a collection of commemorative postcards and a specially built Green Island Post Box are the centrepiece, bringing together the nostalgic novelty of physically writing and mailing a postcard in the instantaneous digital age.
“Visitors are now able to share their island holiday with family and friends through handwritten postcards mailed right here from Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef,” said Tony Baker, Quicksilver Group Managing Director.
“Adding to the novelty of posting a card, a special AR feature via a QR code on the post box enables a unique photo opportunity with an underwater scene - bridging the old with new technology. And from the recipient’s end, it will also be a wonderful surprise to receive a letter in the mail that isn’t a bill!”
Green Island has played an important role in Tropical North Queensland’s tourism industry and has a remarkable history - including the world’s first glass bottom boat and stationary underwater observatory.
Today, the love affair with Green Island continues globally as one of the most popular day visitor islands on the Great Barrier Reef.
The Green Island Post Box, built with traditional craftsmanship by the Green Island Resort workshop team is located at the island Information Counter. Special commemorative postcards and stamps are available for purchase from the island Dive Shop.
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Pictured: Tony Baker, Quicksilver Group Managing Director, posts a card at the new Green Island Post Box.