Qualla: Montgomery Reef https://qualla.com/montgomery-reef en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:27 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/q/v/0/m/montgomery-reef-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Montgomery Reef https://qualla.com/montgomery-reef Montgomery Reef: Introduction https://qualla.com/montgomery-reef/ Photo credit Peter James McNally, CC BY-SA 4.0. Twice a day, at low tide, Montgomery Reef surfaces. The sea retreats up to 4 metres, and the world's largest inshore reef — 400 square kilometres of it — emerges from the water like a slow-rising continent. The outflow creates a torrent, a river running through the exposed reef, and hundreds of cascading waterfalls pouring from its edges back into the surrounding ocean. Then the tide turns, and Montgomery Reef disappears again beneath the surface of Camden Sound.

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/v/0/m/montgomery-reef-wp/qv0m-montgomery-reef-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Montgomery Reef: The World's Largest Inshore Reef https://qualla.com/montgomery-reef/ Photo credit Peter James McNally, CC BY-SA 4.0. Montgomery Reef lies approximately 20 kilometres off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, at the southwestern end of Camden Sound. It surrounds Yawajaba — Montgomery Island — and spans roughly 80 kilometres in length, with a total area of 400 square kilometres. That measurem...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/v/0/m/montgomery-reef-wp/qv0m-montgomery-reef-the-worlds-largest-inshore-reef.mp3 0:06 2 full Montgomery Reef: The Tidal Engine https://qualla.com/montgomery-reef/ Photo credit Peter James McNally, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Kimberley coast has some of the most extreme tidal ranges on Earth, and Montgomery Reef concentrates that energy. Tidal differences reach up to 10 metres. When the tide runs out, the water that has covered the reef for hours rushes seaward, cutting a visible river through the...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/v/0/m/montgomery-reef-wp/qv0m-montgomery-reef-the-tidal-engine.mp3 0:06 3 full Montgomery Reef: When the Tide Goes Out https://qualla.com/montgomery-reef/ Photo credit Peter James McNally, CC BY-SA 4.0. The exposed reef is not silent. The waterfalls draw an audience. Migratory wading birds arrive on the wet reef surface to feed. Sea turtles cluster at the falls, feeding in the turbulent water. Manta rays glide through the channels. Blacktip reef sharks patrol the shallows. Dugon...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/v/0/m/montgomery-reef-wp/qv0m-montgomery-reef-when-the-tide-goes-out.mp3 0:06 4 full Montgomery Reef: Named for a Ship's Surgeon https://qualla.com/montgomery-reef/ Photo credit Peter James McNally, CC BY-SA 4.0. Philip Parker King, the naval explorer, was the first European to see the island, in 1818, aboard his survey vessel. He named it after Andrew Montgomery, the ship's surgeon. King also named Doubtful Bay, to the east. The survey was part of a broader effort to chart the Australian...

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