Rainbow Warrior leaves Australian waters

Greenpeace's ship the Rainbow Warrior is leaving Australian shores after a "successful" tour. Source: AAP

GREENPEACE ship the Rainbow Warrior is leaving Australian shores after a "successful" tour raising awareness about the coal industry's impact on coral reefs.

The activists' ship docked in Cairns on Saturday after a six-week tour of the east coast of Australia.

Up to 30 activists and Greenpeace members travelled on the vessel, which visited east coast capital cities as well as regional Queensland coastal centres where coal ports are proposed.

They were warning locals of the dangers the coal industry poses to the Great Barrier Reef, and the threat of climate change.

The tour culminated in the boarding of a coal carrier off north Queensland last week where activists "peacefully occupied" the deck for 28 hours and delivered a letter explaining their stance to the captain.

"We've been overwhelmed by the positive response we've had from Australians," Greenpeace Australia Pacific senior climate campaigner Dr Georgina Woods told AAP.

"I think a lot of people weren't aware of the scale of what the coal industry is planning to do in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area."

Greenpeace says the planned construction of coal export terminals in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area will endanger the health of the reef.

The coal export industry is also driving climate change, and coral reefs worldwide are unlikely to survive, Dr Woods added.

The Rainbow Warrior will now head to Indonesia to campaign for the protection of forests.

AAP mjf/arb

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