Montgomery Reef, Western Australia Size:800 x 600 often dry but occasionally bursting

often dry but occasionally bursting to life after heavy rains in distant catchments

Patches of lush rainforest and eucalypt forest descend to a mangrove-fringed channel in the west

leaving behind a ghost of its former self

Lines and textures shift depending on light and season

Stretching across the Northern Territory and into Western Australia

Montgomery Reef, Western Australia Size:800 x 600 often dry but occasionally burstingMontgomery Reef, The Kimberley, Western Australia 6740 Limited Edition 10 Montgomery Reef is a reef off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. With its total area of 400 square kilometres (154 sq mi) (about 80 kilometres (50 mi) in length), it is the world's largest inshore reef. Montgomery Reef has an unusual wide tidal range, up to 10 metres (33 ft). When the tide is out, vast lagoons, sandstone islets, and a central mangrove island are revealed.