 In 1929, the Australian government was being lobbied to establish a marine institute or a number of research stations on the east coast of Australia.It was hoped that the structures that had been built for the Yonge expedition on Low Isles reef would be suitable as a longer term solution, but these were destroyed by a cyclone in 1934.A further geographical expedition occurred in 1936, and in 1937 another bore drill was conducted at Heron Island.