Swim with the sharks in Brisbane's very own Great Barrier Reef

Queensland is now home to a second Great Barrier Reef, allowing children and adults alike the ability to interact with the world's largest coral reef system without leaving the city. The Living Reef is the brainchild of game developers and researchers at the Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) The Cube in Brisbane. Large 10-metre-tall screens are educating visitors about the creatures of the reef as well as the environmental issues it faces now and into the future. The team is one of the first in the world to use a system where coral was grown with a method called the space colonisation algorithm to help mimic nature. "We created a system where we could grow coral mathematically using simulation software," Cube studio manager Simon Harrison said.