Bernie tells us that we have whales just past one of the ships at anchor in King George Sound. We head out to find 3 whales. we stay with these whales for some time and then see huge splashes some 800 metres away. Heading out I hope that these whales stay active but as we arrive they go quiet. Oh well this happens some times I think that throwing your self from the water when you weigh 45 tonne gets a little hard after a while. We give the whales time to rest but " No Bananas" We know that there are some whales in Frenchman Bay so we head over to get a count. We come across 3 more whales, follow them for a while and then cruise into Whale world to get a closer look. As we cruise past whale world the staff are all out on the veranda pointing towards Mistaken Island. We I get a call from Peter Bell who works at Whale World and he asks if I have seen the whales, so far the count is about 8. As we leave whale world it seams that Frenchman Bay is filling with whales. We head to each pod to confirm numbers. 2, 3 , 2, 3 and 2 over near the ship. Conditions are calm and we have a pod of whales heading towards us, I put the motors in neutral and with in a 200 metre radius of the boat we now have 10 whales, 2 pods come together and for a minute I think we are going to see some push and shove. One whale comes half out of the water and lands on another then we see a tail splash and one whale powers away. All goes quiet and the whales continue as before. During this commotion we have had 2 whales cruise up behind us and they are now going under us. We wait until the whales have all moved away and now its time for us to head home although a little latter than usual. But hey was it worth it.
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