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| Tsunami warning buoy in place next week
The first of a series of buoys to give Australia early warning of an approaching tsunami is headed for its anchor point in the Tasman Sea.
The deep ocean detection buoy, the first in the planned $68.9 million Australian tsunami warning system, will be located in the south-east Tasman Sea, about 1,200km off Tasmania's east coast.
The buoy left Hobart on a boat on Wednesday and should be in place and operational by April 17 to capture tsunami data from any severe movement in the Puysegur fault line, near New Zealand, Bureau of Meteorology director Dr Geoff Love said in a statement.
"The deployment of the DART (Deep ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoy is a significant milestone in building a robust tsunami warning system for Australia," Dr Love said.
Four other buoys will be deployed in waters north-east and north-west of Australia.
Australia's eastern coast was last week put on tsunami alert following a massive undersea earthquake off the Solomon Islands.
The earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed at least 35 in the Solomon Islands and left a further 7,000 people homeless.
The West Australian coast experienced slightly elevated water levels following the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 that killed more than 200,000 people across the Indian Ocean rim.
The buoys have been developed by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), a division of the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
They will provide real-time tsunami detection as waves travel across open waters.
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Common misspelling of Accommodation
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Agnes Water often called Agnes Waters and it is common for Lady Musgrave Island to be called Lady Musgrove Island and Captain Cook to Captian Cook and Capitan Cook or Captan Cook, with the Town of Seventeen Seventy now known as 1770 that would be hard to misspell for anyone. The correct spelling of Bundaburg Queensland, is Bundaberg. | | | | |
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The Great Barrier Reef runs along the Australian Queensland Coast, there are many towns from Central Queensland to Far North Queensland that offer Great Barrier Reef tours, such as fishing, scuba diving, snorkelling, cruises to Great Barrier Reef Islands, even Reef Walking and Surfing, some Islands on the Great Barrier Reef offer accommodation from Resort Style to Camping. The Southern End of the Great Barrier Reef begins from the Town of 1770 on the Queensland Discovery Coast, and extends North past Cairns, Port Douglas and Cook Town.
You will find places on this site that offer all of the above on The Great Barrier Reef as well as inland Rural areas, such as Mining Towns, Farm Stays and National Parkes, Gorges, Mountian Retreats and Beachside Towns. Use the Navigation links & Directories, if you prefer an other Langauge besides English you can click on your Counties Flag on the top right to translate all pages on Lets Connect to your prferred langauge.
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