Sir David Attenborough returns to the Great Barrier Reef

Attenborough fever is about to hit Queensland’s shores as the veteran broadcaster’s eagerly-anticipated Great Barrier Reef documentary series makes its small screen debut in the UK on the BBC this December 30.

In the 60 years since Sir David Attenborough first visited Queensland and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s greatest naturalist has discovered some standout locations including the Ribbon Reefs, Osprey Reef, Lady Elliot, Magnetic, Orpheus, Lizard and Heron islands.

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It began with rather rudimentary SCUBA and camera equipment, came full circle last year when Sir David once again dived the Great Barrier Reef... this time in a state-of-the-art submersible, with the latest scientific thinking and super high-tech cameras, macro lenses and satellite scanners.

The rest, as they say, will go down in the annals of modern documentary history and Australians will be in the box seat, with the show set to screen locally early in the New Year.

“The Great Barrier Reef is surely the world’s most incredible environment. Each and every time I return it amazes me all over again,” said Sir David Attenborough.