Sunday saw a magic day.
Why would you live any where else?
School holidays coming to an end so its not too busy.
We head out towards Bald Head and as we pass Seal Rock while deep in conversation with passengers, blows are spotted off towards Michaelmas Island, about 1km away. We head over and cant find the whales. Ok where did they go.
There they are back there from where we came. What how could they travel so fast. We head back towards Goode Beach. We get close to the foot print and what would you know blows are seen close to where we just left. Ok so we have several whales that are not moving far, but are 700 metres apart.
If they don't want to be watched lets find some that do.
We are now heading east again I spot several blows towards the islands. It look like 4 or 5 whales and they are staying on the surface so we should get a good look. We get closer and now we have several pods. 4-5 here, 3 over there, 2 heading that way and 2 more 200 metres away. Which one's do we follow?
That decision is made easy as the larger pod and breaking the surface constantly. We follow at idle at times having to stop as the whales cut across our bow and then turn and head back in the general direction of Limestone Head.
As we follow these whales ahead we see 600 metres ahead 2 more whales heading west. Our pod slows and change direction and swim around behind the pair that are heading west. They now are close to the land and cruising along the rocks. The other whale watching vessel is very close to the rocks and travelling into King George Sound. The whales dive and go under their boat and continue on their way. We turn and cruise the coast back to the Marina. The wind is light, the sea is flat calm, the sky is blue what a great day for a winters day.
Why would you live any where else?
School holidays coming to an end so its not too busy.
We head out towards Bald Head and as we pass Seal Rock while deep in conversation with passengers, blows are spotted off towards Michaelmas Island, about 1km away. We head over and cant find the whales. Ok where did they go.
There they are back there from where we came. What how could they travel so fast. We head back towards Goode Beach. We get close to the foot print and what would you know blows are seen close to where we just left. Ok so we have several whales that are not moving far, but are 700 metres apart.
If they don't want to be watched lets find some that do.
We are now heading east again I spot several blows towards the islands. It look like 4 or 5 whales and they are staying on the surface so we should get a good look. We get closer and now we have several pods. 4-5 here, 3 over there, 2 heading that way and 2 more 200 metres away. Which one's do we follow?
That decision is made easy as the larger pod and breaking the surface constantly. We follow at idle at times having to stop as the whales cut across our bow and then turn and head back in the general direction of Limestone Head.
As we follow these whales ahead we see 600 metres ahead 2 more whales heading west. Our pod slows and change direction and swim around behind the pair that are heading west. They now are close to the land and cruising along the rocks. The other whale watching vessel is very close to the rocks and travelling into King George Sound. The whales dive and go under their boat and continue on their way. We turn and cruise the coast back to the Marina. The wind is light, the sea is flat calm, the sky is blue what a great day for a winters day.
No comments:
Post a Comment