
: , Tuesday , August 3, 2010 Scuba around Stradbroke Island , Australia One of Australia's great scuba sites , complete with whales , Stradbroke Island is right next to Brisbane . The locals have managed to avoid over development and the water's great . This is the southern end of the Barrier Reef . It's colorful , beautiful , and has the Queensland lifestyle Aussies find so addictive . Photo : abc.net.au North Stradbroke is the big island , and it's off the north ocean side that the best scuba diving happens . This is like an underwater zoo . There are manta rays , dolphins , whales , leopard sharks , the fantastic , incredibly colored sea slugs , barracuda and divers who spend their whole holiday underwater if they . can There are no less than nine great diving spots on : Stradbroke The