Tuesday 11 November 2014

Great Barrier Reef Facts: How Long is the Great Barrier Reef?

Length of the Great Barrier Reef


Arial view of the Great Barrier Reef


The Great Barrier Reef off the Gold Coast of Queensland Australia is the largest coral reef in the world. It is so large in fact that it is the only living organism on earth which is visible from space. 

It is about 2,300 km (1,450 miles) long. It stretching along the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia from Cape York Peninsula in the north to Bundaberg in the south. This is about the same distance along the west coast of North America starting at Vancouver and ending in San Diego.

Learn more at our website.... The Great Barrier Reef




Thursday 6 November 2014

SIgiriya Facts: Who Built Sigiriya?


Sigiriya Sri Lanka
Who Built It? 


The Sigiriya Rock Fortress was built over 1600 years ago by King Kasyapa the second monarch of the Moriyan Dynasty of the Anuradhapura Kingdom. 

Kasyapa ascended the throne in 477 AD by having his father murdered. Unable to redeem himself with the people for this terrible crime he abandoned the royal capital of Anuradhapura and built himself a new one deep in the forests of central Sri Lanka. 

Monarchs before Kasyapa expended their energies building religious edifices for the glorification of the Buddhist faith as self-aggrandizement of any sort was strongly frowned upon by society.

Having being rejected and ostracised by the Buddhist clergy,  Kasyapa no longer left bound by these religious constraints and spent his vast wealth building a royal residence of unsurpassed beauty. This was Sigiriya. 

Read ther whole story at  the website Sigiriya or buy the book The Story of Sigiriya available in paperback, hardcover and ebook format.