{"id":21263,"date":"2017-04-10T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=21263"},"modified":"2017-04-10T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T11:33:00","slug":"remembering-one-of-the-most-magical-days-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=21263","title":{"rendered":"Remembering one of the most magical days of my life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was saddened to read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/apr\/10\/great-barrier-reef-terminal-stage-australia-scientists-despair-latest-coral-bleaching-data\">a report<\/a> in today&#8217;s &#8220;Guardian&#8221; that explains that, following massive bleaching events in both 2016 and 2017, Australia&#8217;s Great Barrier Reef is severely damaged along two-thirds of its length and has entered a &#8220;terminal stage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Four years ago, I was fortunate enough to spend a day at the Great Barrier Reef and snorkelling there was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. You can read my account <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/RTWtrip#Cairns\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was saddened to read a report in today&#8217;s &#8220;Guardian&#8221; that explains that, following massive bleaching events in both 2016 and 2017, Australia&#8217;s Great Barrier Reef is severely damaged along two-thirds of its length and has entered a &#8220;terminal stage&#8221;. Four years ago, I was fortunate enough to spend a day at the Great Barrier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-my-life-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21263"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21267,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263\/revisions\/21267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}