Predator Exhibit
Sea Turtles
- Reef Sharks
- Predatory Fish
- Threatened Species
Black-tip reef shark
- Leopard shark
- Sawfish
- Green sea turtle
- Shovelnose ray
- Potato Cod
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Home to an outstanding array of reef predators this ¾ million-litre tank allows you to get centimetres from reef sharks, stingrays, sea turtles and large predatory fish such as Giant Trevally and Humphead Maori Wrasse.
The backdrop of this exhibit is a replica bow section of the SS Yongala one of North Queensland’s most famous shipwrecks. When Yongala foundered during a severe cyclone on the 23 March 1911, it sank without trace. All of the 121 people on board drowned. Yongala was a steel passenger and freight steamer, owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company. At the time of the wrecking, it was engaged on the east coast run from Melbourne to Cairns. The wreck site was first dived and positively identified in 1958. The cause of the wrecking remains a mystery, but most believe that it was swamped during a severe tropical cyclone.
The wreck has become an established artificial reef, providing a structurally complex habitat for a diverse range of marine life. The seafloor surrounding the wreck is open and sandy. The wreck of Yongala lies within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is approximately 48 nautical miles south east of Townsville and 12 nautical miles east of Cape Bowling Green and is a world famous dive site.
