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The the heart of the Great Barrier Reef can be fantastic at any time of the year, but there are select times of year to get the best from your holiday. This is something that everyone wants. When selecting a month, you might be more interested in a weather factor including the right tempurature, least rainfall, winds, tides or even water tempurature to caclulate the best time.

Other people will be more interested in the possibility of a crowds vibe, events or prevalence of animal species during times of the year.

There is a series of documents from this author that deals with each of these factors across a full year of choices for your best selection.

The weather seasons

Generally the wettest times of year are the ones that are low seasons for visitors...

The tiny mosquito is yet another of Mother Nature’s critters living on earth for just one purpose – to suck the blood of all its victims, right? Wrong. The mosquito has a larger role than you think. Sure, the initial reasoning for any mosquito is to find the blood of a homosapien in its own search for survival. But the other purpose to justify the life of a mosquito is to provide food for the delicate dragonfly. This symbiotic dependence of predator and victim is is at home in the Great Barrier Reef but unlike Australia’s Asian neighbours, the majority of mosquito borne diseases are usually harmless or at least, occasional. 

The dread of being bitten by a mosquito is possibly shared by every single person in the world...