sponges, soft corals, and hard corals, while over 200 different species of fish have been sighted in the area. A 2009 study of the value of protected areas estimated that the wreck had contributed A$18 million to the Sunshine Coast economy. In July 2010, the Queensland State Government was forced to step up patrols of the wreck site because people were illegally using the dive exclusion zone as a fishing site. As part of celebrations for the tenth anniversary of Brisbane scuttling, 92.7 MIX FM conducted the world's first live underwater radio broadcast from the wreck on 31 July 2015. References Citations Sources Books Journal and news articles Websites External links HMAS Brisbane – Australian War Memorial Website Stephen Trainor, video of a dive on HMAS Brisbane, October 2005 Conservation area and location on openstreetmap.org Scuba Diving HMAS Brisbane, dive info. Perth-class destroyers Scuttled vessels of Australia Ships built in Bay City, Michigan Ships sunk as dive sites 1966 ships Vietnam War destroyers of Australia Gulf War ships of Australia Underwater diving sites in Australia Recipients of the Meritorious Unit Citation