Flinders Reef

There is a second Flinders Reef in the Coral Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) north-east of Townsville.

The diverse amount of marine life include schools of wrasse, sweetlip, trevally, parrotfish, bat, surgeon, turtles and tropical fish.

In 1986 the Australian Army ship Crusader (AV2767) was sunk near the reef and has become a popular dive wreck.

[2] The reef is often the location for small fishing boat wrecks, and rarely, diving incidents including the death of a Brisbane man in March 2005.

[5] It was the site of a helicopter rescue after a dive ship ran aground on the reef in December 2008.