Google Street View maps Great Barrier Reef, Mount Kosciuszko, Bondi, among other classic Aussie destinations Under the surface ... Google goes underwater to map North Bondi Beach. GOOGLE has taken users on a stunning Australian adventure, mapping nearly 50 of the nation's most striking locations in images. To celebrate the IUCN World Parks Congress, Street View cameramen dove and climbed to some of Australia's most beautiful destinations: the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the beaches of Bondi - even the sea floor of the great barrier reef. "Divers and hydrophobes alike can get up close with Minke whales, a seahorse in Chowder Bay, Magic Point sharks dolphins near Myrmidon Reef and even a Norman Reef sea turtle," Google said in a blog post on Friday. At the summit of Mount Kosciuszko. The search giant captured 21 parks and 27 underwater locations in total, also including Fort Denison, Dorrigo National Park, Ku-ring-gai Chase and Cape Byron lighthouse. "We hope this new Street View imagery not only inspires adventure, but that it also helps people to learn more about the delicate ecology of our parks and underwater worlds," Google said. Dolphins off Myrmidon Reef. The new images were released to celebrate the once-a-decade World Parks Congress in Sydney. Google also used the event to unveil a new tool to battle illegal fishing, harnesses satellite data to track thousands of boats in real time. The Cod Hole. The prototype interactive tool was developed in conjunction with environmental activists SkyTruth and marine advocacy group Oceana. The tool is the latest salvo from environmentalists against illegal fishing, which is currently estimated by the Global Ocean Commission to cost the world economy up to $US23.5 billion ($26.9 billion) a year. Wattamolla beach. "While many of the environmental trends in the ocean can be sobering, the combination of cloud computing and massive data is enabling new tools to visualise, understand and potentially reverse these trends," Brian Sullivan of Google's Earth Outreach and Oceans section said. The tool uses data points from the Automatic Identification System network, which picks up GPS broadcasts of a vessel's location to map movements. Knife Reef. The prototype has tracked just over 3,000 fishing vessels, with a public tool set to be released down the track. SkyTruth said the system, which will only monitor fishing vessels, would make activities usually invisible to the wider public easily viewable. North Broken Passage. "So much of what happens out on the high seas is invisible, and that has been a huge barrier to understanding and showing the world what's at stake for the ocean," SkyTruth's president and founder John Amos said. Satellite data is allowing us to make human interaction with the ocean more transparent than ever before. The Global Ocean Commission, an independent panel launched in February 2013, said evidence showed seas have been fished to dangerously low levels, with 90 per cent of the world's large fish stocks - such as tuna and swordfish - already gone. The commission said one of the challenges in tackling illegal fishing was the lack of jurisdiction on the high seas. While the high seas make up 64 per cent of the ocean's total surface area, they fall beyond national jurisdictions and suffer from a lack of oversight, the organisation said. The World Parks Congress, which is being held in Sydney until November 19, has drawn thousands of delegates and is set to lay out a global agenda for protected areas for the next decade. Mapping Mount Kosciuszko. Originally published as Google Maps goes underwater