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Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it

Lady Elliot Island sat bare, bleak and silent for 100 years after guano miners ravaged it, leaving a moonscape devoid of life. Then in the 1960s, one family started planting trees.

Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it

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