The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) considers the earliest evidence to suggest complete reef structures to have been 600,000 years ago. According to the GBRMPA, the current, living reef structure is believed to have begun growing on the older platform about 20,000 years ago. The Australian Institute of Marine Science agrees, which places the beginning of the growth of the current reef at the time of the Last Glacial Maximum. At around that time, the sea level was 120 metres (390 ft) lower than it is today.

According to the GBRMPA, the current, living reef structure is believed to have begun growing on the older platform about 20,000 years ago. The Australian Institute of Marine Science agrees, which places the beginning of the growth of the current reef at the time of the Last Glacial Maximum. At around that time, the sea level was 120 metres (390 ft) lower than it is today.

From 20,000 years ago until 6,000 years ago, the sea level rose steadily. As it rose, the corals could then grow higher on the hills of the coastal plain. By around 13,000 years ago the sea level was 60 metres (200 ft) lower than the present day, and corals began to grow around the hills of the coastal plain, which were, by then, continental islands. As the sea level rose further still, most of the continental islands were submerged. The corals could then overgrow the hills, to form the present cays and reefs. Sea level on the Great Barrier Reef has not risen significantly in the last 6,000 years. The CRC Reef Research Centre estimates the age of the present, living reef structure at 6,000 to 8,000 years old.[22]

The remains of an ancient barrier reef similar to the Great Barrier Reef can be found in The Kimberley, a northern region of Western Australia.

Q#1 – “If the planet was deluged with fresh water ,to the depth of approx 35,000 feet(the approx height of mt Everest)or even 16,946 feet the height of Mt Ararat,how did the salt water species of fish,sharks and aquatic mammals survive?”

A#1 – This question assumes that Mt Everest was a mountain before the flood. Mt Everest was created during the flood when the mountains rose up and the valleys sank down. (Psalms) So no the water did not have to be 35,000 feet deep. Right now there is enough water on the surface of the earth to cover it 2 miles deep if the earth were smooth. So yes the water covered all the high hills like the Bible says, but no, it did not have to cover Mt Everest because it had not yet been created.

The second half of your question assumes that there were salt water species of fish, sharks, and aquatic mammals. Today the oceans are 3.6% salt. With the hydrologic cycle the oceans could easily go from fresh water to 3.6% salt in less than 5,000 years. The animals can adapt to a little bit of salt in the water over that amount of time no problem. So the animals that were in the flood were all fresh water animals. Today there is a distinction that was not needed before the flood, ie. fresh water and salt water.

Q#2 – Did Noah have a floating aquarium large enough to contain a pair of blue whales at the very least?
A#2 – No

Q#3 – Did the massive amounts of fresh water dilute the salt water oceans, did it float on top of the salt water?
A#3 – No, there were no salt water oceans before the flood.

Q#4 – Did the salt water species evolve to cope with the altered salinity of the oceans?
A#4 – No, Fresh water animals have adapted, (I would not use the word evolved because of the assumptions that word brings up) to Salt in the water not the other way around. All the water use to be fresh, now the oceans are 3.6% salt and the animals have slowly, over 4,400 years, adapted to the salt in the water.

Q#5 – How did the freshwater species cope with salt water in their habitats?
A#5 – They did not have to.

Q#6 – How did coral survive the deluge of freshwater?
A#6 – Interestingly enough, the oldest coral reef in the world is the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. When measurements are done on the rate of growth, and the size of the reef, it is calculated to be 4,200 years old. This fits perfectly with the Biblical world view of the flood that occurred 4,400 years ago!

When we see the world from the right perspective it all makes sense.

If the planet was deluged with fresh water ,to the depth of approx 35,000 feet(the approx height of mt Everest)or even 16,946 feet the height of Mt Ararat,how did the salt water species of fish,sharks and aquatic mammals survive ?
Did Noah have a floating aquarium large enough to contain a pair of blue whales at the very least?
Did the massive amounts of fresh water dilute the salt water oceans, did it float on top of the salt water?
Did the salt water species evolve to cope with the altered salinity of the oceans?
How did the freshwater species cope with salt water in their habitats?
How did coral survive the deluge of freshwater?

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We are very much looking forward to our visit. Deborah tells me that we have an invitation to the Creation Museum that is associated with Ken Ham, but there is no way we can see us getting up there this trip. The Creation Museum that we are are going to visit is Dinosaur Adventure Land, run by Eric Hovind of Creation Science Evangelism, (see DrDino.com)it is in Pensacola, Florida.

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By the way, congratulation on being the first person to comment on the new site.