Coral Gardens

“From Greenlands icy mountains From Indians carol strands. Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign!’’ According to travelers, one of the most scenic trips by steamer is the route of Australia’s “Grand Canal”. This is no inland waterway as the word canal might suggest but it is a strip of water (the Pacific Ocean) about ten miles wide and 1250 miles long skirting the Northeast­ern coast of Australia. A natural canal it is, for it is hemmed in by the Great Barrier Reef which is...