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Young-of-the-year move down the west coast of Australia and first appear in the Great Australian Bight as 1-year olds.

Vertical and horizontal movements of southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in the Great Australian Bight observed with ultrasonic telemetry

But now the waters, known here as the Great Australian Bight, or just the Bight for short, have drawn a different sort of resource industry: The Norwegian oil giant Statoil plans to start drilling by the end of 2019 to tap what experts call one of the world's great remaining natural gas reserves.

A pristine piece of Australia unsure about oil drilling

Ravishing atolls of Maldives, arid Atacama Desert in Chile, the walled city of York Minster in England, the Cave of Swallows in Mexico, the cliffs of the Great Australian Bight in Australia, the titanic kauri Tane Mahuta forests of far-north New Zealand, volatile Italian Stromboli isle and the scooped-out icy enclave in Concordia, Pakistan, are the other sights which will make you small.

Rub' Al Khali second among 'sights to make you feel small'

After a break in the West Australian port, the boats, some with new crew, will set sail across the Great Australian Bight and Bass Strait to Sydney, where they are due on 19 December.

Clipper fleet adds colour to Hobart: the Australian ports of Albany, Sydney, Hobart and Brisbane will be stopover hosts to the 2013 -2014 Clipper Race, with the 12-boat fleet already well on its way 'Down Under'

In early June, Martin Ferguson pre-empted the south-west planning process by announcing seabed areas in the Great Australian Bight for future petroleum exploration and extraction.

Our oceans on the brink: right now, decisions are being made about our oceans that will have serious and irreversible impacts on the future of their inhabitants. So what will the government choose: exploitation or protection?

Dr Letnic's project took him from the Great Australian Bight to Coopers Creek in south-west Queensland on both sides of the dingo barrier fence.

The dingo's role revitalised

The site of the University of Tasmania's 30-meter (100-foot) radio telescope, Ceduna is known for its beaches as well as sport fishing and whale watching along the Great Australian Bight.

High astronomy adventure from the land down under