UNBELIEVABLE Coral Monitoring Off The WHITSUNDAYS! 💦

[@simonlane7817]

Awesome work! Your most important video to date. Keep up the great work - love it!!

[@KristinasTravels]

Thank you Simon 🐠

[@clarebrown1603]

These people are unsung legends. Tremendous video, to the point, no BS!

[@BohemianBeatster]

This is such an important video. Everyone in the world needs to see this. Thank you for sharing.

[@pizzabw]

I’m 70 years old and you’ve taught me something today thank you keep up the good work for the environment and for our world👏👏👏👏👍🇺🇸

[@jansjorup5721]

Great Video Kristina. A good reminder what we are doing to our planet.

[@gregw6353]

Great informative video as a Queenslander it makes me very sad to see our beautiful Reef so badly damaged but good to see good people doing good work keep the videos coming thanks

[@KristinasTravels]

Thank you Greg, appreciate your support mate! Yeh, it really was an eye opener that’s for sure 😮

[@jimsim8736]

So badly damaged yet it’s at its record size in history lol.

[@marktaylor484]

Well done Kristina, keep pushing.

[@KristinasTravels]

Cheers Mark! 🙏🙏 Appreciate your support ☀️❤️

[@bobsmith-lw7cy]

We did a Whitsundays charter 3 or so years ago. I couldn’t believe the amount of damage there was to all of the reefs around the area. Very sad. I have dived a lot of South Pacific reefs and they are truly spectacular. Hopefully these reefs will recover in the long term. Wonderful to see people who care.

[@Jacobbosland]

Everyone who likes sailing is interested what's happening in their own backyard I'd say. Your video is great and it's awesome to see that people do actually care about it and are being honest about it. Love your stories! Keep them coming please!

[@jmadjack007]

Glad to have found your channel !! From Ohio, U.S.A. Great video. Thank you. I've enjoyed binge watching the past videos. Simply breath taking scenes of a place I can only dream of :( I would help in a heart beat if able !!

[@bradmack8953]

Sadly I'm not surprised. I've just dived on the reef of Cairns last week and the damage and degradation is so evident. Keep spreading the word. xx

[@joshflynn3793]

thanks for your spot light on this critical issue affecting our oceans.

[@tonyw3250]

Great video, I'd like to say I'm surprised by the reefs destruction, but I'm not. I dived there in 88 and it was amazing. Hopefully with people like you telling the truth about what's happening, we will all do our part in keeping Australia cleaner.

[@simongear3940]

Well done for highlighting this issue. Everyone needs to know about it. Keep up the good work.

[@chrishonor6435]

Omg omg I had no idea of the extent with the problem the plastic course please highlight it more in your videos …… I love the approach that you take as it seems to be balanced and very factual based without the scaremongering…thankyou

[@CesarGonzalez-kt7vp]

Micro Plastic! Ten years ago while vacationing with the family and walking along what I thought was a pristine beach I noticed lines that were formed from wave action. On closer inspection the lines turned out to be very fine pieces of different colored plastic, so I followed these lines for about a hundred yards before giving up. That moment along with the illegal fishing practices I witnessed by some of the locals made me look at paradise in a whole different way. As consumers and individuals there is a lot we can do with little effort. Thank you Kristina :-)

[@odhinnsrunes]

It's nice to see even just a little coral growing back.

[@jimsim8736]

By “a little coral” do you mean the fact it’s at its largest size since records began? Oops, someone falls for climate alarmist BS don’t you?

[@raybrdjr]

WOW, THAT REEF IS HUGE! HAD NO CLUE IT WAS SO LARGE A MASS!

[@stevensorense8388]

Thank you for the education on the reef!

[@larrywright1936]

Great video! Indeed a world wide issue! Thank you for your help getting the word out!

[@KristinasTravels]

Cheers Larry, such an important issue, so thank you for your support & helping to get the word out too 🙏🙏

[@MadMarv.]

I don't really know much about the Great Barrier Reef so thank you for this. Your platform is a splendid way to inform since why watch a sailing channel if your not interested in the sea. I always laugh when they send reports out in the weather. I'm pretty we can understand wind and rain without the reporter getting drenched. Great episode

[@jessruby7189]

Great video and excellent editing as usual. Very informative.

[@glenhopkins8630]

Hey Kristina thanks for another great & informative video highlighting the importance of taking your own rubbish to bins & not ,just tossing overboard if in a boat or out the window if in a car. From your reporting, there are a lot of lazy people about. Also great to see the reef growing back in some places but not in others. No doubt your reporting will help the cleanup greatly as jut to see how many bags of rubbish had been collected was just dreadful. Thanaks again for a story on your travels. Take care.

[@donzones1367]

What a fantastic video that highlights both the beauty and the threats of the reef. I live in Washington USA and had the great privilege to visit Australia in 2012. We had a snorkeling trip planned for visiting the great barrier reef but it was canceled due to weather. So sad to miss out on seeing the reef first hand but appreciate videos such as this that still gives us a window into its great beauty.

[@walterhunter4011]

Great vid, thank you for sharing.

[@ScottTOFM]

We live in Costa Rica and see the same issues with plastic here. People really need to do what they can, something as simple as NOT buying plastic bottles of water...just fill your Yeti at the tap. So simple. Have you seen the pics of the floating plastic islands in the Pacific? Insane.

[@scottseaman6247]

Thanks for sharing about the reef damage and recovery

[@KristinasTravels]

Thanks Scott for watching mate 😊

[@andymarr7610]

As always, informative and brilliantly presented. Heading there in April after 10 plus years absence, it will be noticeable/ shocking I'm sure, regretably . Sad to see your boat for sale! Gonna miss these insights. All the best and thanks.

[@KristinasTravels]

Oh amazing, keep us posted and let me know how you get on! This is not the end Andy 🙂 Thank you always for your support

[@andymarr7610]

@@KristinasTravels Been watching since the first episode, so pleased this is not the end. Best wishes and looking forward to "next". Don't go back to your day jobs!🤣

[@marv379]

great job.. ur amazing, always wanted to see more about....

[@caromarco6315]

This was very informative and educational today. I’ll make a special effort to take a bag and collect any rubbish I see on my beach walks (generally there isn’t a lot unless it’s holiday weekends or holiday times in general) but every little bit helps! Thank you for sharing and what an amazing job some people are doing!

[@radekdrayco]

It is unfortunate that it no longer surprises me to see humanities dirty reach everywhere across the planet. These plastics, you find they have reached places we have only ever visited a few times, example on Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands). It is insane. Great job in showing that others are trying to clean these places and that there are people that care about such things.

[@thomasw5430]

Thank you for sharing this story. I must say I was not surprised. As a diver, I see the reefs dying where I live. Nor am I surprised about the plastics. All one has to do is go for a walk on the Beas home and they will surely find garbage washing up on the shore.

[@anonymousanonymous5332]

Important video. Of course we’re interested.

[@KristinasTravels]

Thank you 🐠🐠

[@jwm4436]

Important vid. Surprised, no! I live in the PNW and wilderness backpack. The garbage I find left behind by inconsiderate jerks is maddening. I pack it out of course. You’re right, it’s a world wide issue that isn’t easily corrected unfortunately. Thanks for sharing. Life is good~

[@loripeaceandlove6391]

Wow! GreatVideo! Broke my heart to see them pouring bleach just to catch wild stunning fish for customers. The saddest was the baby turtles. Thank You so much for making this video. PeaceAndLove Lori

[@manazo16]

This was a powerful and meaningful video. So glad you guys made it! - Carlos and Juliana from Miami 🤙

[@mariahealy4169]

Great video and important updates on condition of the GBR

[@terrytomlinson8772]

Very enjoyable Very well done

[@KristinasTravels]

Thanks for watching Terry 🌱🙂

[@BTCxyz369]

💘 imagine all the beautiful people living in harmony Ban plastic food packaging is the solution

[@yarpenzigrin1893]

SIMP

[@GoneAdrift]

Narration perfect, shots perfect, grading perfect. Remain positive, it’s just going to take time :)

[@mmccartney6579]

As a 77 year old U.S. Navy Veteran, I salute you! Cheers! :)

[@KristinasTravels]

Thank you ❤️🐠 That means a lot ❤️🙂

[@darrenleask6042]

Great vlog guys

[@JCResDoc94]

*this xploring was no bs.* -JC

[@kevinmutlow]

Love this! Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to buy a boat (somehow) and come help up there. Part once in a lifetime experience, part clean up and good cause, part spread the word a recruit more help, part digital detox & city escape 😅 It’s a win win win win, win win.

[@davidstephens1092]

Hi Kristina and John, I wish I could give you a hundred likes for this episode. It is sad that people with power try to cover things like this up. I notice that a few people have pushed the " ban plastic " banner but realistically I can't see that happening in some countries and those countries are the main offenders when it comes to being responsible for their waste plastic. Fortunately there are some good people out there trying to make a difference, like the ones you met. Liz Burton did a doco some years ago called "Drowning in plastic " that is a real eye opener. Nike from "Whitespotpiratess" and some of her friends have started an organization called " Inmocean" that is attempting to get people to treat waste plastic as a resource for recycling and making their own items. We can all make changes, but I think it is important that we do things in achievable steps and there be balance in decision making. By this I mean, why is it that supermarkets are no longer allowed to supply single use plastic bags but give away free plastic toys at the checkout.

[@RodneyBellco72]

Awesome video Kristina! And thanks for bring it to KZbin! While I am not surprised by what's happening to the Great Barrier Reef, I am disappointed that we humans have done such a poor job of caring for our planet.

[@patraic5241]

It's going to take more than just education. Though that is certainly important. People who are struggling to find enough food for their families day to day don't have the time or resources to care about something they can't see right in front of them. By raising the standard of living in economically depressed areas around the world eventually those people will have the time and resources to step back and take the time and effort needed to think about and help clean up trash.

[@freddie_mvp]

the filming, storytelling and edting skills are insane for a one-woman team to do it all.

[@Stevos_HookedonRods4844]

Of course we care, Well I do & I wouldn't be alone. There are so many things need doing to protect the reef, Can't change the weather but, climate change, pollution from farming, ( chemicals etc ), Plastic . There is so much we as a whole can do to help the reef. There was a post a few months ago about a mass gathering for a clean up. Does anyone know any info regarding this progress ? Cheers Stevo

[@Bombora143]

Thanks for sharing, i think you have some sort of announcement soon, cheers

[@ibvideo626]

Wow 😍😍😍

[@sailingminx6199]

had our cat on a hard stand at Montys Marina got washed off Hard stand car was under water for two days only had it two months welcome to sailing thats life and our cat saved our arses

[@tomriley5790]

Thnak you for sharing this, brilliant video, really good documentary/reporting :-)! Really enjoyed watching it too sad to hear about the damage and the state of the reef but also great that people are doing work to try and save it :-)! So sad about finding Nemo leading to the trade in clown fish - always loved clown fish from far before Nemo but only in their natural anenome home :-)!

[@KristinasTravels]

Thank you Tom, really appreciate your support 🦈 I know, really mixed emotions with this one, but always love sharing all sides 💬

[@nautichunt84]

Great job guy's, we hope to be up that area for about 6 months once we finish our refit, I would love to meet up with these legends and give a hand, also we are going to look into getting one of those mini plastic recycling machines before we head off. Imo clown fish should be a no take speicies, if you want clowns your better off with captive breed anyway 🤷‍♂️ i wounder if captive breed would survive in the wild 🤔

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

Keep up the good work. Plastics in the ocean is a real sore point! Indonesia, India are just terrible at throwing everything into the sea and it travels half way around the world. Whales also eat plastic and die from a ton plastic stuck in the belly.

[@Four_Words_And_Much_More]

@Kristina, I am expert in problem solving. I have solved some of the most difficult problems in manufacturing and science. The reef was damaged by the storm. I see that clearly. What I have no clarity on is what exactly is the problem. Being able to state the problem clearly so all understand it in one sentence is essential. Why? Because stating the obvious, if you don't know the problem, you will never know if you have a solution. The first step is to draw the system boundary. This is quite difficult in this case. Until you have drawn the boundary no one will have any idea what the problem is. If I can help you with the great barrier reef problem, let me know.

[@Robert-cg2bj]

What Simon Lane said!

[@stephenmahoney9531]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@shanesanko1408]

The problem in the world is that the world governments know more about outer space than our oceans and fail to recognize that any changes in the oceans effects our world we live in , most know this but don't really take an interest or enough that should be taken

[@davidbroman8391]

Great episode. Such a huge problem. Sadly we are destroying this beautiful world and all of it’s life. Humans truly are ignorant and uncaring.

[@jimsim8736]

Coral is at record levels, that’s right, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest it’s been since records began. Stop falling for propaganda.

[@clivehoskin7254]

It's good to see the GBR with-out the BS.To see the condition of the reef is bad,but it's even worse when the greenies tell you it's caused by"Global Warming"(climate change)I moved to the Sunshine coast in 79 and been putting up with this BS for all this time.Happy seeing this video warts and all,but over time it will fix itself(with a little help from us)Well done to all of you.

[@rjfrans6735]

Incredible the amount plastics wasted, partly a mentality of us, people, and lack of governmental waste collection. Act now…

[@JCResDoc94]

my mom is the largest living structure on earth. -JC

[@aulddug3634]

A lot of us care,

[@KristinasTravels]

🙏🙏

[@HeyMichaelLeo]

Not exactly a risky Thumbnail, Butt point well taken. "Cheers"

[@elizaandalisa]

24yrss ago at Abbott point nth of Bowen I was gobsmacked the I call it flotsam ( shit ) old nets thongs nylon rope far as the eye could see tons of plastic etc. Tons I mean literally tons I was shocked and saddened by the state of our beaches that are away from civilization it's obviously not locals causing the prob. Need to educate people in the whole of the south Pacific. Example hanuabada village in Moresby harbour the crap f!rom that community was horrendous. Not there fault they need educating about daily waste going into the sea. Sorry for rabbiting on. Marty Australia

[@Nookumwoogy]

Check out #TeamSeas for more about marine debris

[@KristinasTravels]

I just added the hashtag to this video! Is this what the cool kids do? Haha!! So good! Thanks for the heads up 🤟

[@fuzzycuzzy]

I hope you realise now, that news organisations like Channel 10 deliberately don't report on certain climate catastrophes if they can be in any way linked to global warming or climate change, toxic stuff. They shouldn't be allowed to do that, but they have a money invested interest not to advertise it.

[@KristinasTravels]

I reported on many stories about the Great Barrier Reef and bleaching etc, just not as part of the Cyclone coverage in this instance. In regards to reporting on this: I think it’s more of that fact that the news cycle is extremely fast, and it’s also extremely expensive for organisations to send reporters and cameraman to these remote locations. Advertising revenue isn’t what it used to be (as no one wants to pay for their news/and free to air viewership is reducing year on year as on demand services like Netflix/KZbin have become popular), and so budgets are smaller, meaning reporters aren’t able to be sent out to the Great Barrier Reef due to the high cost of doing so

[@fuzzycuzzy]

@@KristinasTravels It's a fine take but you've proved my point. News is about profit, not about news. fuck channel 10, 9 , 7, Sky, Murdoch, Peter Costello. They're all criminals in my eyes. I appreciate you've done your part in raising awareness, I hope it's not just a one time thing and it's something you care about more than making a premier youtube video. No planet. No profit.

[@l8knight845]

The reef is fine. Google it. The climate alarmists are doing their thing. It's cyclical like everything else on the planet, but "scientists" only like to point to the down cycles ignoring the up cycles. I was very glad to realize this as I plan to visit in the future.

[@haroldfletcher5493]

Actually you were correct the first time you were there as a reporter. People are more important than the reef. I have a 50 DS, also. And I don’t throw crap in the ocean but I’m not going to spend the rest of the days God gives me on this earth to go try to clean up behind what other people do. What none of you understand , likely either being complete agnostics or members of the liberal branch of the Anglican church, is that God is in control of the universe and you are not. It’s totally egocentric for any of you to think you have any significant effect on the overall things that go on on this earth.

[@SouthernCrossGO]

Yea mate plastic should be banned

[@jimalden7130]

Do away with plastic go back to paper and glass

[@chrispomfret8592]

If only more people realised that the GBR is the worlds Coal Mine Canary.

[@mikethomas2138]

And Australia exports a lot of Coal.

[@jimmyboy2]

Coal is an excellent source of carbon to make steel (carbon + iron). It's coal for the purpose of power generation that's a problem. We cannot ban coal mining.

[@chrispomfret8592]

@@jimmyboy2 coal is no longer required for steel

[@jimmyboy2]

@@chrispomfret8592 yes it is. The alternative methods im guessing you're alluding too are at low-scale production and cost 3 to 5x to operate. In the longer run, sure ... but not overnight. Australia is well place to export raw materials required for solar, hydrogen, and wind so mining ain't going anywhere but up ... incl steelmaking coal.

[@jimsim8736]

50% lost? Then explain how it’s at its largest size since recorded history? You don’t have a clue what you’re speaking about, just a sad parrot for climate alarmists.

[@KristinasTravels]

This was a commissioned document…May I ask, and I mean no ill intent here, but have you dived on the Great Barrier Reef? And if so, recently? 🥹

[@jimsim8736]

@@KristinasTravels Yes it’s a commissioned document, conducted by the exact same people - The Australian Institute of Marine Science, (AIMS) that covered the bleaching and now they’ve changed their tune due to the data. I don’t need to dive in the coral reef to read a scientific study written by people more highly qualified than you or I will ever be. The fact is, whilst climate alarmists were pointing to the 5% shrinkage in the northern coral they were completely ignoring the massive increase in growth happening in other areas.