On our way to Magnetic Island with our 2.5 millions coral larvae raised SeaSim over the past 8 days. They will be deployed directly in the field as part of Peter Harrison #reefrestoration project Lisa McComb Paula Gomez Alvarez @SCUonline

Missing these girls already Jennifer Matthews Lisa McComb Dr. Nadine Boulotte Paula Gomez Alvarez however, big Congrats to the team for successful larval deployment in the field. 💃🏼 If only we could follow their journey and see where our babies end up! 🤔✨ #coralscience #futurereefs

I wish to name this #settlementSunday!! The #coral larvae are starting to settle nicely on our plugs SeaSim - hopefully we will see lots of recruits soon! Paige Strudwick Dr. Nadine Boulotte Lisa McComb Paula Gomez Alvarez

After 4 years working with coral spawning at SeaSim, I finally got to see spawning on the #GBR Monday night!!! #BucketList tickedd off! Thanks Aroona Charters GBR for having us on Moore Reef! Loving every single moment with @Kat_oceania David J Suggett Paula Gomez Alvarez LukaMeyers

Counting larvae party night for our team on Aroona Charters GBR. We have over 45 million #coral larvae happily swimming in just 3/6 of our larval pools straight above the reef! @Kat_oceania Jennifer Matthews Paula Gomez Alvarez LukaMeyers @SCUonline UTS C3 James Cook Uni Peter Harrison, Dexter dela Cruz

Wow what a day! Well done team!Larvae counted, Symbiodiniaceae added, symbiont function checked, DNA samples collected, public informed... such a great team & awesome project to be part of! #corallarvaerestoration Dr. Nadine Boulotte David J Suggett @Kat_oceania UTS Aroona Charters GBR

It’s only 7am but we are all busy on Reef Magic Cruises pontoon checking #coral recruits settlement rate on our tiles before the tourists arrive 😊 @Kat_oceania Paula Gomez Alvarez Dexter dela Cruz, Peter Harrison Aroona Charters GBR @SCUonline TropWATER

Last day onboard Aroona Charters GBR counting our recruits from the experimental tiles! 182 tiles down and 58 to go...check out our blue baby corals, they are so cute 😍😍 @Kat_oceania Paula Gomez Alvarez Dexter dela Cruz and Peter Harrison @SCUonline TropWATER UTS C3 Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef

2/3rd of Rathafandhoo under flood waters from seasonal swells at peak high tide today #Maldives