Quicksilver Group News

Matilda the Turtle Tracks back to Green Island

Green Island Turtle Release

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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China State Councillor Madame Liu Yandong visits Green Island

China State Councillor Madame Liu Yandong visits Green Island

Great Adventures was honoured to showcase Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef to the China State Councillor Madame Liu Yandong on 14 December 2012.
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Quicksilver Group is Queensland’s Best Major Tour and Transport Operator!

Michael Healy Tourism Awards 2012

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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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

Coral Spawning

Coral Spawning

Russell Hore, marine biologist and manager of Quicksilver’s environmental division, Reef Biosearch, provides a fascinating insight into the unique sex life of corals on the Great Barrier Reef!
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When Two Aussie Icons Meet – The Melbourne Cup goes for a dive on the Great Barrier Reef!

When Two Aussie Icons Meet – The Melbourne Cup goes for a dive on the Great Barrier Reef!

At part of the official Emirates Melbourne Cup tour in the lead up to the “Race that stops the Nation”, Quicksilver was very pleased to be able to assist with this year’s tour to our region bringing two great Australian icons together – The Great Barrier Reef and The Melbourne Cup. » Read the full Story

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

Nemo Competition

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

Awesome whale sightings

Awesome whale sightings

What a bonus it has been for passengers travelling to the Outer Reef this month with whale sightings and many putting on awesome acrobatic displays too! » Read the full Story