Take a deep breath and dive into the living heart of one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.
Location
Victoria Quay Road, Fremantle / Walyalup
Dates
Accessibility
This Virtual Reality experience is mostly accessible. Learn more about accessibility in this experience >
Ticket options
Ticket prices
| Adult | $20 |
| Concession | $17.50 |
| Kids (Aged 5-15)* | $17.50 |
| Kids under 5* | Free |
| Education group | $10 |
| Kids Group (20 or more) | $10 |
| Adult Group (20 or more) | $17.50 |
| Mini Group (2 Adults & 2 kids, or 1 Adult & 3 Kids) | $60 |
* Virtual Reality is recommended for 8+ years
Before booking, please read the VR Health and Safety Document. Virtual Reality is recommended for 8+ years.
Members receive a discount on ticket pricing, and many other benefits
Essential information
Please arrive 15 minutes before your session time.
Check the WA Maritime Museum visit planning webpage for information about public transport, nearby parking, food and drink, and other amenities.
Parking for WA Maritime Museum at Victoria Quay can be busy. Please allow for extra time and/or consider alternative transport options.
About this experience
Life in the Great Barrier Reef is a breathtaking 360° VR journey through the UNESCO World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef. Dive beneath the surface alongside turtles, manta rays, sharks and whales. Witness rare dolphin behaviour, spectacular coral spawning events and vibrant coral ecosystems captured using custom built 8K 360° underwater camera systems developed to bring audiences inside the reef’s underwater world in ways never before possible.
Guided by Traditional Owners, reef stewards and leading scientists, this journey reveals the extraordinary complexity and interconnectedness between land, sea and climate, exploring the ancient Daintree Rainforest and the only place on Earth where two UNESCO World Heritage sites meet.
Discover how coral bleaching, extreme weather events and global pressures are reshaping the ecosystem as the reef’s resilience is tested like never before. Through powerful first-hand insights, world-first footage and unprecedented access to the natural world, witness both the fragility of this extraordinary environment and the critical work underway to help protect and restore it.
Accessibility
Exhibition specific Access Information including Visual Story to come.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
50% visual – Life in the Great Barrier Reef has both sound and visual components but sight isn’t essential to meaningfully engage with the work.
50% sound – Life in the Great Barrier Reef includes dialogue and has background music and sounds.
If audience members are unable to wear a VR headset, there is a movie screen at the front of the room that will project the film in a traditional 2D cinema format so you can still enjoy the film experience.
The dialogue in Life in the Great Barrier Reef requires an understanding of the English language, but the visuals and sounds can be experienced without the language comprehension.
The VR headset is designed to accommodate most prescription glasses. Take care to wear the VR headset in a manner in which the VR headset lenses to not rub or impact your prescription lenses.
If you have any questions about access at WA Maritime Museum, please get in touch with us either via reception@museum.wa.gov.au or on 1300 134 081.
You can contact the WA Maritime Museum through the National Relay Service:
- TTY users phone 133 677
- Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 727
Alternatively, use the National Relay Service website.
For educators
Available Tuesdays and Thursdays during Term 3 and 4
Times: School session times | 9.45am Tuesdays and Thursdays
Join us for a free educator preview to showcase the exciting new VR experience fea
Thursday 23 July | 4:30pm-6:30pm
Light refreshments and networking from 4:30pm. Screening commences 5:15pm.
Book now to secure your place.
Special exhibition events
10am - 2pm
Life in the Great Barrier Reef is a White Spark Pictures production. Financed with support from the National Museum of Australia, Western Australian Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Pullman Cairns International and Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort.
The producers wish to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Land and Sea Country on which this film was created.
