Temporal setting: Circa 2010
Location notes:
At the beginning of the film, Luke picks up friends Matt, Suzie and Katie from the Fraser Coast Hervey Bay Airport.
Shooting Locations
Hervey Bay Airport, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Shot on location at the Fraser Coast Hervey Bay Airport. Film credits give thanks to Fraser Coast Airport.
Temporal setting: Circa 2010
Location notes:
Nearly all of the action of The Reef takes place at sea along the Great Barrier Reef. Coordinates given are an approximation. The movie is loosely based on the tragic story of Linda Horton, Dennis Murphy and Ray Boundy whose boat capsized in rough seas at Broadhurst Reef near Townsville in 1983. Boundy alone was rescued from Lodestone Reef several days after Murphy and Horton were taken by sharks.
Shooting Locations
Lady Elliot Island, Central Queensland, Queensland
Shooting
locations for the water and island scenes included Lady Elliot Bay, Hervey Bay,
Fraser Island and Bowen Bay. Shark sequences were shot at Port Lincoln in South
Australia.
Hervey Bay, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Shooting
locations for the water and island scenes included Lady Elliot Bay, Hervey Bay,
Fraser Island and Bowen Bay. Shark sequences were shot at Port Lincoln in South
Australia.
Fraser Island, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Shooting
locations for the water and island scenes included Lady Elliot Bay, Hervey Bay,
Fraser Island and Bowen Bay. Shark sequences were shot at Port Lincoln in South
Australia.
Bowen Bay, Whitsundays, Queensland
Shooting
locations for the water and island scenes included Lady Elliot Bay, Hervey Bay,
Fraser Island and Bowen Bay. Shark sequences were shot at Port Lincoln in South
Australia.
Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Shark scenes and footage were shot at Port Lincoln in South Australia.
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