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Once upon a time, there lived a dugong 

named Owen in the Great Barrier Reef. 

One day Owen’s family told him some 

very bad news, that the Reef was in  

danger and that there home was going 

to be destroyed to make way for the 

coal and ships that were coming from 

overseas. Owen couldn't deal with this 

news and had to do something to save 

all his fishy friends and the coral plants 

in the reef.

Owen got a group of his friends 

to campaign AGAINST 

dredging the Great Barrier 

Reef. Owen and his friends 

spent every second of the day 

trying to create a campaign 

and get as many of the marine 

life on their side! 

A loud noise was disturbing Owen and 

all his friends, so Owen went up to 

shore. He took a peek to look up at the 

shore, what Owen saw was terrifying! 

There was a big digger digging the 

ground of the Great Barrier Reef and 

dumping it right on top of all the coral. 

Owen realized that the coral needed 

sun to keep itself alive because it is a 

living organism just like us. He needed 

to do something straight away. That 

night Owen thought, thought and 

thought about what he could do to help. 

The next day Owen went back up to the 

shore before they started dredging and 

saw a boy at the shore all alone. 

Owen approached the young boy at the 

shore.

“Hi little dugong,” the boy said.

“Hello, young boy what’s your name?” 

Owen replied.

“Peeta, my name is Peeta!” 

“My name is Owen and I have a 

question for you. Do you know what is 

going on?” Owen asked.

”Yes” Peeta replied. “My dad is the 

contracter and I’m not happy with him, 

no matter what I do nothing will 

change his mind!” 

Owen thought for a second before 

replying with “we need to do something 

I’m one of the endangered species as 

well as turtles, whales and all the coral 

that will be destroyed. I don’t want to 

see my home ruined and all my friends 

in danger, we wouldn’t do it to your 

home, so why do it to our home?” 

Owen responded with a sad look on his 

face.

Peeta had an idea to tell the 

community what is happening and to 

help campaign AGAINST dredging the 

Great Barrier Reef. Peeta’s idea was a 

hit. He got a group of 27 people to help 

fight against this issue! Owen got all of 

his fishy friends and together they 

worked at the shore to make a plan.

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