Whales in the Bay!
On the same day that
Hundreds of people rushed to various vantage points on the Southern Peninsula when a caller to ABC Radio 774 excitedly rang in on Friday afternoon 1st June to say she could see whales in the Bay.
Several callers then described seeing the whales breaching, shooting water spouts and tail fluking close to the Dromana and Rosebud Piers.
This photo was taken by Cpt. John Joubert, last time he saw Humpback whales in the Bay in 2006.
What is abundantly clear is that whales are visiting
With the ongoing threats to whales posed by Japanese "scientific" whaling, and the extreme vulnerability of these animals, morally we must do the right thing and ensure that they can take refuge anywhere in our coastal waters. That's pretty unlikely if we have the supersized Queen of the Netherlands ripping away at rocks at The Entrance for at least 6 months and operating in the Bay for around two years, and the ecosystem damage that would follow for years to come says Blue Wedges spokesperson Jenny Warfe.
Although several of us saw the whales yesterday, not one of us had a camera h
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